Best After 12th 3-Month Cyber Security Program in Jalandhar
A fast-paced three-month programme taking you from your first Linux install to a working AI-powered security tool — networking, ethical hacking, web security, SOC and SIEM, cloud fundamentals and Python automation, with placement preparation built into the final month.
Cyber Security Program Course in Jalandhar
A fast-paced 3-month AI-Powered Cybersecurity programme for school leavers at techcadd Jalandhar (4.9★, 556+ reviews): networking and system administration, ethical hacking and web security, SOC and SIEM with Wazuh and Splunk, cloud security, Python and AI security automation with the OpenAI and Gemini APIs. 10+ labs, 5+ mini projects and one AI-powered capstone. Entry-level SOC roles start around ₹15,000 – ₹25,000.
Key Highlights :
- Duration: 3 Months
- Mode: Classroom & 1-on-1
- Eligibility: 12th Pass
- Includes: Placement Support
Course Overview
This is the three-month AI-Powered Cybersecurity programme, written for someone starting straight after 12th who wants working security skills quickly rather than the longest possible syllabus. Three months, six modules each, and a set of mini projects at the end of every month. It is fast-paced by design — each month carries a full theme — and the pace is what lets you finish with a working AI security tool inside a single term.
Month one is cybersecurity, networking and system administration. You cover cybersecurity fundamentals — the CIA triad, security domains, types of cyber attack, career paths and cyber laws and ethics — then computer hardware and operating systems, Windows and Linux administration, user and group management and file system permissions. Networking is taught properly rather than skimmed: the OSI and TCP/IP models, IPv4 and IPv6, IP addressing, subnetting, routing and switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN and common ports and protocols. Then virtualisation with VMware Workstation and VirtualBox, installing Kali Linux and Windows Server and building your own cybersecurity lab, followed by Git and GitHub and a module on AI for cybersecurity — ChatGPT, Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot, prompt engineering and AI research techniques.
Month two is ethical hacking, web security and security operations. Information gathering through OSINT, Google dorking, WHOIS, DNS and subdomain enumeration; vulnerability assessment with Nmap, Wireshark, Nikto, Gobuster and Nuclei; web security covering HTTP and HTTPS, cookies and sessions, APIs, the OWASP Top 10, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, authentication and session attacks and file upload vulnerabilities; Burp Suite across Proxy, Target, Repeater, Intruder, Decoder and Comparer; then the defensive half — SOC fundamentals, security monitoring, log analysis, the incident lifecycle, SIEM fundamentals, Wazuh and Splunk basics — and a module on AI-assisted security covering AI vulnerability assessment, report generation, log analysis, threat detection and security analytics.
Month three is advanced security, AI automation and placement preparation. Advanced ethical hacking with the Metasploit Framework, Hydra, password attacks, wireless security, Active Directory basics and privilege escalation concepts; cloud security across AWS and Azure fundamentals, IAM, security groups, Docker and Kubernetes security; Python security automation with automation scripts, API automation, log parsing and report automation; then AI security automation using the OpenAI and Google Gemini APIs to build an AI security assistant, an AI security chatbot, AI threat intelligence and AI incident response. The month closes with the industry capstone and a full placement module. All lab work runs on your own virtual lab, on deliberately vulnerable applications such as DVWA and OWASP Juice Shop, and on TryHackMe, Hack The Box, the PortSwigger Web Security Academy and OverTheWire — systems you are permitted to test, with a trainer supervising.
What You'll Learn
Every module ends in something you have built and a trainer has reviewed, so the list below is work you will have done rather than topics you will have heard about.
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Your own cybersecurity lab, in month one
Kali Linux and Windows Server on VMware or VirtualBox, with a secure Linux install, documented network and password policy you wrote yourself — the environment every later exercise runs in.
- 02
A real web application assessment
DVWA and OWASP Juice Shop worked end to end in Burp Suite across Proxy, Repeater and Intruder — SQL injection, XSS, CSRF and file upload flaws, on targets built to be tested.
- 03
SIEM you can actually operate
Wazuh and Splunk basics with log analysis and the incident lifecycle, plus an AI log analyser you built — the defensive half that most three-month courses skip entirely.
- 04
An AI-powered capstone
One working solution built on the OpenAI or Gemini API: an AI SOC dashboard, vulnerability scanner, security assistant, threat detection platform or phishing detection tool.
Course Curriculum
The syllabus is a three-month calendar of six modules per month, and each month ends in named mini projects rather than a set of notes. Month 1 is cybersecurity, networking and system administration, month 2 is ethical hacking, web security and security operations, and month 3 is advanced security, cloud, Python and AI automation, the capstone and placement preparation.
Month 1 — Cybersecurity, Networking & System Administration
- 1
Cybersecurity Fundamentals — introduction to cybersecurity, CIA triad, cybersecurity domains, types of cyber attacks, cybersecurity careers, cyber laws & ethics
- 2
Computer & Operating Systems — computer hardware basics, operating systems, Windows administration, Linux administration, user & group management, file system permissions
- 3
Networking Fundamentals — OSI model, TCP/IP model, IPv4 & IPv6, IP addressing, subnetting, routing & switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, common ports & protocols
- 4
Virtualization — VMware Workstation, VirtualBox, Kali Linux installation, Windows Server installation, building a cybersecurity lab
- 5
Git & GitHub — Git installation, Git commands, branching, GitHub workflow, version control
- 6
AI for Cybersecurity — introduction to AI, ChatGPT for cybersecurity, Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot, prompt engineering, AI research techniques
- 7
Mini projects: home cybersecurity lab setup, secure Linux installation, network documentation, password policy implementation
Tools you will actually work in
Everything here is installed on the lab machines and used on live client work, not shown once in a slide and forgotten.
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Who can do this course
Students straight out of 12th
Any stream. Month one begins at the CIA triad and computer hardware, and ends with your own cybersecurity lab built on VMware or VirtualBox — which is where every later exercise happens.
Students with a summer or gap term
Three months fits a single vacation or the gap between school and college, and you finish it with an AI-powered capstone rather than an unfinished playlist of videos.
Degree students who want a head start
If you are entering a BCA or B.Sc IT, arriving already able to run a vulnerability assessment and read a SIEM dashboard changes what your first two years look like.
Anyone testing whether security suits them
Three months is a real commitment but a bounded one. If it clicks, the longer tracks continue into cloud security, digital forensics, a two-month capstone and a full placement month.
IT support staff and career switchers
Weekend batches exist for people already working. If you already handle desktops or networks, month one will be familiar and you will move quickly into the hacking and SOC modules.
Self-taught learners
If TryHackMe rooms and free videos left you with scattered notes, what changes here is a structured three-month calendar and a trainer who reads the report you wrote this week.
Why this programme is worth your year
Comprehensive fundamentals
Cybersecurity concepts, Linux and Windows administration, and a full networking module — OSI and TCP/IP, subnetting, routing, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN and common ports.
Ethical hacking and web security
OSINT and enumeration, Nmap, Wireshark, Nikto, Gobuster and Nuclei, then the OWASP Top 10 in Burp Suite — SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, session and file upload attacks.
SOC and SIEM fundamentals
SOC operations, security monitoring, log analysis and the incident lifecycle, with Wazuh and Splunk basics — the defensive half most short courses leave out.
AI in cybersecurity throughout
AI vulnerability assessment, report generation, log analysis, threat detection and security analytics, plus prompt engineering and AI research techniques from month one.
Python and AI security automation
Automation scripts, API automation, log parsing and report automation, then the OpenAI and Gemini APIs for an AI security assistant, chatbot, threat intelligence and incident response.
Capstone, resume and mock interviews
One AI-powered capstone, plus ATS resume building, a GitHub portfolio, LinkedIn optimisation, subject-wise interview questions and technical, HR and practical mock rounds.
Three Months, a Working SOC Skillset and an AI Security Tool You Built
- 10+ hands-on labs, 5+ mini projects and one AI-powered capstone — on legal targets, under supervision.
- Entry-level SOC Analyst and IT security roles in Punjab start around ₹15,000 – ₹25,000 a month for a fresher with documented work.
Get certified in Cyber Security Program
Complete the course with a portfolio of live projects and receive an industry-recognised certificate, plus a documented internship letter accepted by Punjab universities.
Computer Education · JalandharCertificateof Project ExcellenceThis is to certify thatStudent Namehas designed, built and deployed a live capstone project in Cyber Security Program, reviewed and graded under industry mentorship.
Computer Education · JalandharCertificateof Course CompletionThis is to certify thatStudent Namehas successfully completed the professional training programme in Cyber Security Program with a grade of A+.
Two certificates on completion — the course certificate and a separate capstone project certificate.
Where this course takes you
The roles this opens, what they pay in Punjab and beyond, and who is hiring for them — the same figures our free Salary Estimator publishes, not a brochure number.
Build and manage a cybersecurity lab environment; perform network reconnaissance and vulnerability assessments; conduct web application security testing using industry-standard tools; use Burp Suite, Nmap, Wireshark, Wazuh and Splunk for security assessments; perform basic penetration testing and prepare professional security reports; automate cybersecurity tasks using Python; leverage AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini and the OpenAI API for security automation and analysis; deploy basic cloud security controls for AWS and Azure; build an AI-powered cybersecurity capstone project; and prepare for entry-level cybersecurity roles and industry interviews.
SOC Analyst (L1), Junior Cybersecurity Analyst, Junior Ethical Hacker, Junior Penetration Tester, Vulnerability Assessment Trainee, Security Operations Engineer (entry level), IT Security Support Engineer, Incident Response Trainee, Cloud Security Associate and AI Security Analyst (entry level). These are deliberately junior titles — three months makes you interviewable for them, and experience takes you further.
A fresher with documented labs and a capstone typically starts around ₹15,000 – ₹25,000 a month in the Jalandhar market for entry-level SOC and IT security roles. That rises quickly with a year or two on a real alert queue, and specialists in cloud security or AI security automation move well beyond it.
Take the three-month programme if you want working security skills inside one term, are testing whether the field suits you, or have a fixed window such as a vacation. Take the nine-month diploma if you are aiming at a SOC floor as a career: it adds digital forensics, Active Directory security, DevSecOps, threat hunting and threat intelligence, two full months on one industry capstone and a complete month of interview preparation.
It is enough to be interviewable for entry-level and trainee roles, because those interviews test whether you can build a lab, run an assessment, read a SIEM dashboard and explain your findings — and you will have done all four. It is not a guarantee, and candidates who keep building labs after the course finish well ahead of those who stop at the certificate.
Small vulnerability assessments and web application tests are within reach once month two is done, and month three's reporting and automation work is what makes the deliverable look professional. A Jalandhar address costs you nothing on a remote brief — but be honest with clients about your experience level.
Hands-on projects you will ship
Home Cybersecurity Lab Setup
Month one's build: Kali Linux and Windows Server virtualised on VMware or VirtualBox, with a secure Linux installation, documented network and an implemented password policy.
Network Documentation & Hardening
The addressing, subnetting, DNS, DHCP and NAT from month one applied to your own lab network and written up — the document that proves you understand what you built.
DVWA & Juice Shop Assessments
Two deliberately vulnerable applications worked end to end in Burp Suite — SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, session and file upload flaws against the OWASP Top 10.
Vulnerability Assessment Report
A network scanned with Nmap and Nuclei, traffic read in Wireshark, findings written up to a professional standard — with AI report generation speeding the write-up, not replacing your judgement.
AI Log Analyser
Wazuh and Splunk log sources parsed and triaged with an AI-assisted analyser — the first thing you build that does a real SOC job faster than a person could.
AI-Powered Capstone
One complete solution in month three — an AI SOC dashboard, AI vulnerability scanner, AI security assistant, AI threat detection platform or AI phishing detection tool — built in Python on the OpenAI or Gemini API. This is the one interviewers ask about.
Learn it. Build it. Make it yours.
Every project moves through the same loop: understand the brief, build with guidance, then explain the decisions behind your work.
Understand
Break a real requirement into a clear plan and the right tools.
Home Cybersecurity Lab SetupBuild
Work hands-on with trainer feedback while the decisions are still easy to change.
Network Documentation & HardeningPresent
Turn the finished work into a portfolio story you can defend in an interview.
DVWA & Juice Shop AssessmentsWhy students choose techcadd
There are many places to learn security in Jalandhar and the brochure syllabus looks similar at all of them. What differs is who teaches, whether you ever touch the real tools, whether the AI modules are more than a demo video, and whether anyone picks up the phone after you have paid. techcadd has trained students across Punjab since 2007 on the same model: small batches, working practitioners as trainers, supervised lab work as coursework.
Trainers who still do the work
Your trainer is not a full-time lecturer. They handle security work for techcadd's services arm, so the examples in class are current rather than a case study from five years ago.
A lab you actually build
Month one ends with your own virtualised lab on VMware or VirtualBox, running Kali Linux and Windows Server. Every exercise after that happens in it, on DVWA and Juice Shop, or on TryHackMe, Hack The Box, PortSwigger Academy and OverTheWire — never against systems you have no permission to touch.
Honest about what three months buys
We will tell you plainly whether the three-month or the nine-month track fits your goal. A student sold the wrong length is a student who does not finish.
Networking taught properly
Subnetting, routing, DNS, DHCP, NAT and VPN as their own module. Skipping this is why so many short-course graduates cannot explain what a scan result means.
AI on your own API keys
Month three builds against the real OpenAI and Gemini APIs — an AI security assistant, a security chatbot, threat intelligence and incident response — rather than watching a recording of one.
Placement support that persists
ATS resume, GitHub portfolio and LinkedIn work, subject-wise interview questions, technical, HR and practical mock rounds, then repeated drives with hiring partners across Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
What our students say
Real experiences from learners across Jalandhar and the districts around it.
“I did this in the gap before college with no background at all. Building my own lab in month one is what made everything after it make sense.”
HSHarsimran SinghAfter 12th Student · Jalandhar “The Wazuh and Splunk module got me the interview. Most people applying for L1 had certificates but had never opened a SIEM.”
RSRidhima SharmaSOC Analyst L1 · Phagwara “Networking being a full module rather than one slide is what separated me from the other freshers. I could actually explain my scan results.”
ARAbhinav RanaIT Security Support · Kapurthala “I did this in the gap before college with no background at all. Building my own lab in month one is what made everything after it make sense.”
HSHarsimran SinghAfter 12th Student · Jalandhar “The Wazuh and Splunk module got me the interview. Most people applying for L1 had certificates but had never opened a SIEM.”
RSRidhima SharmaSOC Analyst L1 · Phagwara “Networking being a full module rather than one slide is what separated me from the other freshers. I could actually explain my scan results.”
ARAbhinav RanaIT Security Support · Kapurthala
“Three months was the right length to find out I like this. I have since joined the longer track and it continued from where this stopped.”
JKJaspreet KaurBCA Student · Nakodar “The AI log analyser from month two is still the project I get asked about. It is the one thing on my CV nobody else had.”
NMNikhil MahajanJunior Analyst · Hoshiarpur “They were straight with me that three months would not make me a penetration tester. That honesty is why I trusted the rest of what they said.”
SKSanya KapoorAfter 12th Student · Jalandhar Cantt “Three months was the right length to find out I like this. I have since joined the longer track and it continued from where this stopped.”
JKJaspreet KaurBCA Student · Nakodar “The AI log analyser from month two is still the project I get asked about. It is the one thing on my CV nobody else had.”
NMNikhil MahajanJunior Analyst · Hoshiarpur “They were straight with me that three months would not make me a penetration tester. That honesty is why I trusted the rest of what they said.”
SKSanya KapoorAfter 12th Student · Jalandhar Cantt
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to the questions students ask before enrolling.
Three months, running as a fixed calendar of six modules per month: cybersecurity, networking and system administration; ethical hacking, web security and security operations; then advanced security, cloud, Python and AI automation with the capstone and placement preparation. Weekday, evening and weekend batches cover the same syllabus, and 1-on-1 training is available. Every class runs for 2 hours.
Yes. Month one begins with cybersecurity fundamentals, computer hardware and operating systems, then Linux, Windows and networking. No prior programming, no science stream and no particular percentage is required — Python arrives in month three, once you know what you are automating. The pace is brisk, so consistent attendance matters more here than on the longer tracks.
Everything is done on systems you are permitted to test: your own virtual lab built in month one, deliberately vulnerable applications such as DVWA and OWASP Juice Shop, and the TryHackMe, Hack The Box, PortSwigger Web Security Academy and OverTheWire platforms. Scanning or attacking systems you do not own or have written permission to test is a criminal offence — month one covers cyber laws and ethics for exactly that reason.
Both start from zero and both end in an AI-powered capstone, but they are different syllabuses rather than one trimmed. Three months compresses foundations, networking and system administration into month one and reaches the capstone in month three. Nine months adds digital forensics, Active Directory security in depth, DevSecOps, threat hunting and threat intelligence, a whole month of cloud security and Python AI automation, two full months on one industry capstone, and a complete month of SOC analyst preparation, SIEM practicals, aptitude and mock interviews.
Yes. Ask a counsellor before your three months end so you can join the running batch at the right point and be told the difference in fee. The lab, networking and web security work carries straight over.
10+ hands-on labs and 5+ mini projects: a home cybersecurity lab, a secure Linux installation, network documentation, a password policy implementation, a DVWA security assessment, an OWASP Juice Shop assessment, a vulnerability assessment report and an AI log analyser — plus one AI-powered capstone project.
One AI-powered cybersecurity solution built in month three, chosen from an AI SOC dashboard, AI vulnerability scanner, AI security assistant, AI threat detection platform or AI phishing detection tool — written in Python against the OpenAI or Google Gemini API.
No. Python basics are taught in month three specifically for security automation — automation scripts, API automation, log parsing and report automation — and then applied immediately to the AI modules. There is no model training and no data-science prerequisite.
Kali Linux, Ubuntu and Windows Server; Cisco Packet Tracer, Wireshark and Nmap; Burp Suite, Metasploit, SQLMap, Gobuster, Nikto, Nuclei, Hydra, John the Ripper, Aircrack-ng and OWASP ZAP; Wazuh, Splunk, Sysmon and the MITRE ATT&CK framework; AWS, Azure, Docker and Kubernetes; Python, Bash and PowerShell; ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, the OpenAI and Gemini APIs, Ollama, LangChain and CrewAI; and TryHackMe, Hack The Box, PortSwigger Academy and OverTheWire, with GitHub and VS Code throughout.
In Jalandhar, shorter three-month programmes typically cost less than the six- and nine-month tracks, which run in the ₹18,000 to ₹40,000 range. techcadd counsellors share the current fee sheet and EMI options on request, and a demo class is free.
The final module covers ATS resume building, a GitHub portfolio, LinkedIn optimisation and personal branding, then subject-wise interview questions across networking, Linux, cybersecurity, ethical hacking, SOC, cloud security and AI security, followed by technical, HR and practical mock rounds. The nine-month track carries a full month of this if you want more depth.
No institute can honestly guarantee a job, and you should be cautious of any in Jalandhar that does. techcadd guarantees placement support: resume and portfolio guidance, mock interviews, career mentorship and repeated drives with hiring partners across Jalandhar and Ludhiana, continued after a rejection rather than abandoned.
Yes — a course completion certificate, alongside 10+ documented labs, a GitHub portfolio and a deployed AI-powered capstone, which is what an interviewer actually opens.
Yes. techcadd Jalandhar runs weekday, evening and weekend batches in parallel so college students and working people can both attend, and 1-on-1 training is available for a fully personal schedule. Every class runs for 2 hours; book a free demo class to see the lab and meet the trainer before enrolling.
Ask about Cyber Security Program
Send your question and a counsellor will call you back about batch timings, fees, EMI options, placement record, or whether this course fits your degree.
- info@techcadd.com
- Phone
- +91 98881 22254
- Address
- 2nd Floor, Crystal Plaza, SCS 78, Opposite PIMS Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab 144001
- Counselling hours
- Monday – Saturday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Not sure if Cyber Security Program is the right fit?
One call with a counsellor is usually enough to find out. Book a free demo class and see the lab before you decide.