For everyone
Stay a step ahead of scammers.
Spot fake texts, lookalike sites and phone scams, explained in plain language. Free, forever.
cyberfromscratch
Learn cyber.
From scratch.
Protect yourself, start a career, or teach a class. All of cybersecurity, zero to expert, in one place.
No account needed.
One lesson. Explained your way.
Every lesson has three depths. Pick one and switch anytime.
Reading web addresses · Plain words, no jargon.
A web address works like a mailing address. The part right before “.com” is the street name, and that’s the part that has to be right. “paypal.com.account-help.net” looks like PayPal, but it actually lives on “account-help.net”. That’s a stranger’s house.
Everything in cyber, one place.
Offense, defense, forensics, governance and compliance, AI, careers and competitions, all on one map.
43
tracks, from scams to binary exploitation
296
modules, from no experience to expert
3
depths per lesson: simple, intermediate or proficient
Made for everyone.
A retiree, a sophomore and a security team lead can all learn from the same lesson.
For students
From first competition to first job.
Capture-the-flag and cyber defense competition prep, hands-on labs and career paths, from a team captain who won.
For career changers
Your last job counts. Here's how.
Coming from teaching, nursing, the military, retail or anywhere else? See which of your skills security already wants, where people actually get in, and a plan that fits around a full-time job.
For professionals
Go deep. Or go wide.
Malware, binary exploitation, cloud and industrial control systems, plus governance, risk, compliance and security leadership.
For schools
A curriculum you can teach tomorrow.
Ready-to-run lessons, join codes with no student emails, and mapping to the NICE workforce framework and Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE-CD).
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Three games. New every day.
About two minutes each. No account, no setup.
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Why it matters
The threats keep growing. The defenders can't keep up.
$16.6B1
lost to cybercrime reported to the FBI in 2024.
4.8M2
unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide.
60+1
the age group that reported the most losses.
Closing the gap starts earlier than a degree. It starts with a parent who can spot a scam, a teenager who finds out hacking can be a career, and a teacher with a curriculum ready to go.
Built by a practitioner
Written by someone who's done the work.
Nicholas DiGennaro wrote these lessons from competition war rooms, real security operations center shifts and reverse-engineering work, not rewritten textbooks.
1st
Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition 2024 & 2026, as team captain
2 yrs
on shift as a security operations center (SOC) analyst
8/8
National Security Agency (NSA) Codebreaker Challenge tasks solved
CNO
computer network operations (CNO) development intern at Nightwing
Free to start.
Paid plans are on the way, and the basics stay free forever.
Free
$0
Security for Everyone, the first module of every track, and the daily games.
Pro
From $3/mo.
Every track, lab and study path. Student and Family plans available.
Schools & Teams
Free for classrooms
Dashboards, rostering and standards mapping for schools and companies.
Your first lesson takes four minutes.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), 2024 Internet Crime Report.
- ISC2, 2024 Cybersecurity Workforce Study.