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HackSchoolAfrica

Security Engineering and AI

Build and run defensive security systems, including for AI-enabled applications.

Next intake to be announced, 12-week programme

Programme facts

Who it's for
Learners with foundational cybersecurity knowledge who want to build and run defensive security systems.
Format
Online: recorded lessons, weekly live classes, hands-on labs and a portfolio.
Duration
12-week programme.

What you'll practise

  • Map a system's assets, boundaries and threats
  • Harden configurations and review them against a baseline
  • Engineer identity and access with least privilege
  • Design and review network security and segmentation
  • Read logs and telemetry, and build investigation timelines
  • Write and test basic detection logic
  • Review and monitor cloud security, and investigate a cloud incident
  • Automate security tasks with small, tested scripts
  • Secure AI-enabled applications (prompt injection, data leakage, unsafe tools)
  • Design AI-assisted analyst workflows with human approval

Capstone

Finish with a defensive capstone: review a lab environment, propose controls, validate a detection and hand over your findings.

Start where you fit.

Already studied networking or cybersecurity? Not sure where to begin?

Book a clarity call and we'll recommend the right starting point for you. Every placement is confirmed after a short review.

Applications close Friday 8 January 2027.

Questions? Read the FAQ