▸ Launching first · September 2026
Cybersecurity Fundamentals · Tech Sales Cyber Essentials · Operational Technology Cybersecurity
OT includes CompTIA SecOT+ (SOT-001) exam prep — prepare before the certification releases in December 2026.
Cybersecurity training for every career path

Cybersecurity trainingBuilt in the field

One membership, every module: build a foundation, make your next career move, sharpen technical fluency, work smarter with AI, or specialize when the time is right. Practical instruction from a 24-year practitioner. Not theory. The job.

Reserve my spot // September 2026: Fundamentals + Tech Sales + OT with SecOT+ prep
September launch3 modules · Sep 2026
Experience24+ yrs in cyber
Learning pathsCybersecurity Fundamentals · OT/ICS · Technology Sales · GRC · AI · Career Coaching
FormatOnline & on-demand
START WHERE YOU ARE // GROW AS YOU GO WAITLIST OPEN
01 / LEARN

Learn it clearly

Build strong fundamentals through direct explanations, practical examples, and technology you will encounter on the job.

02 / EXPLORE

Follow what sparks your interest

Move across core cybersecurity, tech sales, GRC, applied AI, and OT as your interests and goals evolve.

03 / PRACTICE

Put it into practice

Reinforce what you learn through OT and AI labs, realistic exercises, and widely used platforms and open-source tools.

04 / GROW

Get guidance along the way

Use onboarding, live sessions, and direct feedback to turn what you learn into practical career progress.

ONE MEMBERSHIP. EVERY MODULE. NEW CONTENT ADDED CONTINUOUSLY.
One membership · every module

Build the path that fits you

There is no single cybersecurity career. Start with the module that matches your next move, then cross into every other part of the program as your goals change.

06 learning paths
01 membership
● Launching September 2026 · Flagship program

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Build a complete cybersecurity foundation from the ground up, with no prior security experience assumed. Start with the basics: install and navigate Windows and Linux, understand common network devices, and configure a small environment with switches, routers, and firewalls. Then progress into cloud, identity, monitoring, incident response, and offensive techniques through clear explanations, real-world examples, and guided practice. See how these skills connect to entry-level work, including SOC analyst responsibilities.

Foundations-to-SOC lab

Install and configure systems, build a small routed and switched network, run basic network scans, then capture traffic with Wireshark and investigate alerts in Security Onion.

What's inside
  • A step-by-step introduction to cybersecurity terminology, roles, systems, and how the major disciplines connect
  • Hands-on Linux and Windows/Microsoft administration, identity, permissions, and system hardening
  • Network engineering and troubleshooting using Cisco and Ubiquiti concepts, routing, switching, firewalls, basic scanning, and packet analysis
  • Defensive monitoring labs with Security Onion, Wireshark, Zeek, Suricata, and Splunk
  • SOC analyst workflows: alert triage, log review, investigation notes, escalation, and communicating findings
  • Cloud and infrastructure practice across AWS, Microsoft Azure, servers, virtualization, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Firewall and security-appliance concepts using practical Fortinet examples
  • Digital forensics & incident response (DFIR)
  • Ethical hacking and vulnerability exercises that connect attacker behavior to stronger defenses
  • AI-assisted defense woven throughout, not bolted on

The complete on-ramp to a cyber career — no prior experience required.

FOR: career changers · students · IT pros entering security
● Launching September 2026 · Condensed course

Tech Sales Cyber Essentials

A fast, focused cut of the fundamentals for people who sell technology — real technical fluency, translated into customer conversations and closed deals. Also the perfect toe-dip if you're cyber-curious.

Conversation drill

Translate technical risk into the questions that move a security conversation forward.

What's inside
  • Protocols, ports, switches, servers, and cloud — in the language your customers use
  • Shorten 6–12 month sales cycles by getting to the technical meat of your product sooner
  • Qualify real buyers faster — and stop burning quarters on deals that were never closing
  • Run first-call technical conversations without waiting on a sales engineer
  • Speak credibly to the security teams who can veto — or champion — your deal

More pipeline, faster closes, bigger commissions.

FOR: account executives · tech & cyber sales · curious beginners
● Frameworks in practice

Governance, Risk Management, & Compliance

One of the most underrated, well-paid corners of tech — and you don't need to master an entire framework to break in. Real compliance teams are built from people who own one slice and own it well.

Working session

Turn a framework requirement into clear, audit-ready evidence a real team can use.

What's inside
  • NIST, PCI DSS, NERC CIP, ISA/IEC 62443 — what each framework covers and how programs really run
  • Own one slice: firewall rules, ports & services, documentation, data handling — expertise in one area of a requirement makes you genuinely valuable
  • No coding required — organizational, analytical, tracking, and project management skills carry this field
  • Build audit-ready evidence and turn compliance into real security instead of a paperwork tax
  • How to enter, grow, and get paid in GRC roles — a career track most people overlook

Learn the frameworks broadly, pick your area of depth, and leverage it into a great role.

FOR: compliance leads · analysts & PMs entering cyber · IT & OT teams
● Emerging skills

Applied AI for Cybersecurity Professionals

Learn to use AI productively and secure it responsibly. Run local LLMs, put modern assistants to work in your job, and automate repetitive tasks. Then examine the security side: shadow AI discovery, prompt injection, sensitive-data exposure, access controls, monitoring, governance, and how organizations can measure whether approved AI tools are being used safely and delivering value.

AI security lab

Map approved and shadow AI usage, test a prompt-injection scenario, and design practical controls for identities, sensitive data, employee access, monitoring, and response.

What's inside
  • Run local LLMs at home with Ollama — private, free, and yours
  • Claude, Codex, and modern AI assistants as daily force multipliers at work
  • Automate your home lab and network tasks with AI
  • AI security and governance: shadow AI, prompt injection, data leakage, access controls, monitoring, and acceptable-use policies
  • AI adoption and value: understand how teams use approved tools, improve workflows, and connect spending to measurable outcomes
  • AI for the career itself: resumes, applications, emails, reports — even building your own website
  • Cut through vendor hype: what AI genuinely does in security operations, and what it doesn't

Become the person who can help a team use AI effectively, understand its risks, and deploy it with stronger security and oversight.

FOR: analysts · engineers · sales pros · anyone building a career with AI
● Included member support

Career Coaching & Guidance

This is more than a module. Work directly with Jeffrey to cut through noisy advice about roles and certifications, understand what the job market actually values, practice explaining why you are a strong fit, and improve the resume, LinkedIn profile, and interview skills that carry that story. Support begins with one-on-one onboarding and continues through recurring live sessions and practical feedback.

Coaching session

Practice answering a real interview question, sharpen how you present your experience, and leave with specific next steps.

What's inside
  • One-on-one onboarding to map your background, goals, timeline, and best place to begin
  • Recurring live member sessions for questions, current topics, shared learning, and continued momentum
  • Honest guidance on role options, pay expectations, and certification strategy without the influencer bias
  • Direct feedback on your resume, LinkedIn profile, interview positioning, and next steps
  • Accessible support backed by 24 years in cybersecurity and five years helping lead a university cyber defense program

You are not left to navigate the career alone. You have an experienced practitioner available to help you move forward.

FOR: anyone entering or growing in cyber · students · switchers
The Professor Macre approach

Built for the way careers actually move

Clear explanations. Practical examples. Multiple ways to grow. Direct guidance from an instructor who stays involved as you put the training to work.

01

Learn it clearly

Build the fundamentals through straightforward explanations, practical examples, and the systems and situations you will encounter on the job. No filler, just useful context from someone who has done the work.

02

Follow what sparks your interest

Move through focused modules in core cybersecurity, tech sales, GRC, applied AI, and OT. Start with the subject that sparks your interest, then expand your skill set without buying a separate program each time.

03

Put it into practice

Reinforce concepts through OT and AI labs, real-world scenarios, and guided exercises. Work with technologies from AWS, Microsoft, Cisco, Fortinet, Ubiquiti, and Splunk, alongside Security Onion, Wireshark, Zeek, Suricata, Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes.

04

Get guidance along the way

Begin with one-on-one onboarding, join recurring live member sessions, and get direct feedback on career direction, certifications, resumes, interviews, and practical next steps.

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In the field
Jeffrey Macre, Principal Industrial Security Solutions Architect
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Industrial environments
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The instructor

Jeffrey Macre

Jeffrey is a cybersecurity leader with 24+ years in the field — starting as a network technician in 2002 — with deep specialization in operational technology across critical infrastructure, industrial systems, and smart infrastructure. He spent five years as a lead professor at the University of Central Florida, helping launch and teach its Cyber Defense Program from day one.

He leads complex security initiatives that align operational resilience, enterprise risk, and business strategy at scale — advising CISOs and senior leadership on navigating evolving cyber risk while keeping technical and business priorities in lockstep.

His background combines hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership, helping organizations mature cybersecurity programs and build scalable, resilient security architectures. He's a recognized industry speaker — S4, RSAC, CS4CA, ManuSec, InfoSec World — on AI-driven anomaly detection, IT/OT convergence, and securing industrial environments. His credentials include an MBA and 14+ industry certifications, from CISSP and Certified Ethical Hacker to GIAC industrial (ICS), AWS, and Microsoft.

24+ yrs cybersecurity 14+ certifications OT/ICS specialist Industry speaker AI anomaly detection
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