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Constructing Defense 2026

** Update Alert! ** Constructing Defense 2026 includes all updates since June 2025 and a brand new ConDef MCP for your very own AI TA!

20% New Version Launch Discount
Expires Midnight ET Jan 31!

Can you handle the truth? Degree & Certs + No Experience = NO CyberSec Job! You NEED hands-on experience. Enter ConDef 2026 – 3 courses, a massive cyber range, 100+ videos, step-by-step instructions and now an AI Teaching Assistant to get help, find focused content and even get career advice! And you still have Discord to interact with the instructor and fellow students.

More truth… 90+% of all cybersecurity jobs are defensive. So, if you want to be in the best position to join the ranks of cybersecurity professionals, you’d better set a solid technical foundation. Constructing Defense does that and so much more. Attack AND defend a corporate enterprise with multi-cloud inside a massive, pre-setup cyber range.

“ConDef is one of the flagship ways to start a cybersecurity career”.
John Hammond

Price = $500 $400 New Version Launch Discount

Expires Mid ET Jan 31. No Coupon Code Needed!

ConDef Lite - Certification Quote

ConDef is a 3-course โ€œPathโ€ with a provided massive virtual lab teaching you everything you need to know to get into cybersecurity at a fraction of the cost of other cyber ranges. Get hands-on experience attacking AND defending a typical enterprise including cloud. ConDef 2025 added quizzes, updated cloud content, a new section to help you better navigate the hands-on lab environment and Splunk as the SIEM. 2026 is the year of AI!

Buckle up, because this unique offering presents a ton of hands-on, foundational knowledge to prep you for a successful career in cybersecurity. Itโ€™s intense, but youโ€™ll have a blast!

ConDef Lite is the๐Ÿ”ง DIY version๐Ÿ”ฉ (Details | Enroll), where you do all of the setup and hosting of the lab environment on your own! Don't panic, extensive instructions are provided. ๐Ÿ‘ท

Try ConDef for yourself with 4 FREE lessons:

โžก๏ธ ConDef MCP Overview and Examples
๐Ÿ”‘ Credential Access on Windows Hosts – File Shares
๐Ÿงจ Credential Access on Linux Hosts – Through a C2 Framework
๐Ÿช Azure/Entra Session Hijacking via Browser Cookie Theft

ConDef is an interconnected, open playground that sets a solid foundation for budding Jr SOC Analysts, Incident Responders and Cyber Threat Investigators. Because of the cumulative nature of each course, it must be presented in one single package to make sure students don’t lose their progress in their own, dedicated virtual environment. Course #1 features an introduction to the massive, web-based lab and dives into Windows Servers and Clients including Active Directory. Course #2 showcases Linux and Kubernetes. Course #3 puts your head in the clouds with both AWS and Azure and then throws in some purple team action just to round things out.

What do I get with Constructing Defense?

Along with 100+ videos and clear click-by-click instructions, this well-organized course contains a massive virtual environment for you to play. All virtual machines are web-based, so no need for your own hardware or home lab (although it’s always encouraged to have a home lab!). We do utilize free accounts for the Cloud portion of Course #3, but we keep the setup below the threshold of costing you any money. YMMV.

Just Hacking Training (JHT) - Constructing Defense 2025
Constructing Defense – Lab Diagram and Difference Between ConDef Versions
Just Hacking Training (JHT) - Constructing Defense Path (2025 Edition) - System Group
Constructing Defense – Cloud-Based VMs in Open Cyber Range

Prerequisites for Constructing Defense (ConDef)

Although this course assumes no prior cybersecurity knowledge, having a solid foundation in general IT, basic SysAdmin abilities with Windows & Linux, networking and virtual environments are definitely a plus.

Because everything is provided for you, you need nothing other than a computer, Internet access and your brain!


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ConDef 2026 with AI Teaching Assistant
20% Launch Discount = Only $400
Expires Mid ET Jan 31

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