Oct 19, 2026 · 14 min · 6 segments
Subscribe to CyBytes Newsletter https://cybytes.io/newsletter Renzon and I both spend a lot of time building and delivering cyber training, so we get into what we think is still missing. And…
The next point about training, and this is kind of, I know this is where you shine.
This is your forte and myself included.
Man, I mean, how'd you get involved in training, dude? What is it you do with training exactly? Because you do a lot of things.
It started with a very small group where it's just a... you know, ask me anything type obsession.
And then the audience were typically people who wanted to start their career in cybersecurity coming from different backgrounds, help their system administrator, you name it.
And then I was part of the group where I kind of like wanted to mentor people, but I'm not that expert enough.
But I kind of know some couple of topics that I think would be beneficial for them.
So I started having this type of meeting, very informal meeting, catch up one hour per week.
And then suddenly we decided, you know what, let's create a training program, which is our focus is more of real world scenarios, hands on labs, trying to remove those that are PowerPoint and trying to be relevant to the industry.
I started building my own course, like the Cyber Defense and Threat Hunting, and then also branch it out into more of a DFI related.
Building a one lab that might take for a student maybe around 15 minutes to do it might take me a day or two.
By just writing the hands-on lab instructions, the step-by-step guide, building the infrastructure behind it, there's a lot of things happening in the background.
But I really love the feeling of when a student appreciates your work and then they randomly message you about, I got a job.
The next point about training, and this is kind of, I know this is where you shine.
This is your forte and myself included.
Man, I mean, how'd you get involved in training, dude? What is it you do with training exactly? Because you do a lot of things.
It started with a very small group where it's just a... you know, ask me anything type obsession.
And then the audience were typically people who wanted to start their career in cybersecurity coming from different backgrounds, help their system administrator, you name it.
And then I was part of the group where I kind of like wanted to mentor people, but I'm not that expert enough.
But I kind of know some couple of topics that I think would be beneficial for them.
So I started having this type of meeting, very informal meeting, catch up one hour per week.
And then suddenly we decided, you know what, let's create a training program, which is our focus is more of real world scenarios, hands on labs, trying to remove those that are PowerPoint and trying to be relevant to the industry.
I started building my own course, like the Cyber Defense and Threat Hunting, and then also branch it out into more of a DFI related.
Building a one lab that might take for a student maybe around 15 minutes to do it might take me a day or two.
By just writing the hands-on lab instructions, the step-by-step guide, building the infrastructure behind it, there's a lot of things happening in the background.
But I really love the feeling of when a student appreciates your work and then they randomly message you about, I got a job.
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