Your front door into a real cybersecurity career. No experience needed — learn by doing: investigate real attacks with the tools professionals actually use, and build a portfolio that proves you can do the work.
No recorded slideshows to nod along to. From week one you're in a real console, working real alerts on a live platform that behaves like an actual SOC.
Your own isolated environment running production-grade open-source tools — the same SIEM, IDS, and case-management analysts use in the field. Nothing simulated.
Every lab pairs you with an AI co-analyst — the way modern SOCs actually run. You learn to direct it, verify it, and move faster, not lean on it blindly.
You leave with documented investigations, real triage decisions, and a body of work aligned to what SOC job descriptions actually ask for.
Each lab drops you into a live incident. You investigate with the tools, decide what's real, and document it like an analyst on shift.
The loop that turns concepts into instinct — the same loop real analysts run every shift.
Short, plain-language modules — how the internet works, the attacker mindset, how breaches actually happen.
Jump into the platform and run the investigation yourself, with real tools and real telemetry.
Write up your decision like an analyst — what it was, what you did, why. This is your portfolio.
The founding cohort launches the SOC Analyst track — the entry point to the whole field.
Detect, triage, and investigate — the front line of defense.
Lead the response when something gets through.
Design the systems that keep attackers out.
Run the program and the team.
Fortark is built and taught by a working senior security architect — the labs mirror real incidents, and the standards mirror what a real SOC expects of you.
Because this is the founding cohort, you get direct access: small group, real feedback on your investigations, and a say in how the program grows.
No prior security experience required. If you're comfortable using a computer, you can start. We begin with fundamentals — how the internet works, the attacker mindset — and build up to real investigations.
Honestly: no school can guarantee you a job, and anyone who promises one is selling you something. What we promise is that you'll do the actual work of a SOC analyst — real tools, real alerts, real investigations — and walk away with a portfolio that proves it. That's what earns interviews.
We run small cohorts through the year, and the next start date isn't locked yet — join the waitlist to hear it first. It's hybrid — live sessions plus self-paced labs you run on your own schedule. Plan to commit a few focused hours each week; you'll get the exact weekly rhythm when you join the waitlist.
Founding-cohort pricing is shared when you join the waitlist, along with the full syllabus and start dates. Founding seats are priced below what later cohorts will pay.
Fully online. The entire SOC platform — SIEM, IDS, case management, attack range — runs in your browser. Nothing to install.
The real open-source SOC stack: Wazuh (SIEM), Suricata (IDS), DFIR-IRIS (case management), MISP and Cortex (threat intelligence), and a Kali attack range. The same tools working SOCs run.
We haven't locked the next start date yet — join the waitlist and you'll be first to know. Tell us a little about you — if it's a fit, we'll send the full syllabus, pricing, and hold your spot.
Check your inbox — we'll be in touch with your syllabus, dates, and founding pricing. Seats are limited, so we move fast.