Hands-on labs
Practical cybersecurity, built step by step
Each Cyrus Vector tutorial starts from a known setup, walks through every action, and explains what to look for. Begin with the fundamentals, then move into Windows hardening, networking, and forensic analysis.
Learning tracks
Three tracks, one method
Choose the track that matches your current skills. Every lab lists its prerequisites and expected outcome before you begin.
Track 01
Windows security
Harden a clean Windows environment, review audit policy settings, and verify each change against the baseline you recorded.
Track 02
Networking foundations
Capture traffic in an isolated lab, read packet headers, and trace how a connection is established, observed, and closed.
Track 03
Digital forensics
Preserve evidence, extract artifacts with documented steps, and separate what the data shows from what it might suggest.
Our approach
Four stages from setup to review
01
Set up the environment
Prepare an isolated system and record its starting state so every later change can be checked.
02
Apply the control
Make one documented change at a time, with the reason for each step stated in plain language.
03
Verify the outcome
Confirm the expected result, then test whether the control still holds under a realistic condition.
04
Review and document
Write down what worked, what did not, and the limits you found, so the procedure can be repeated.