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Vulnerability Management & Exposure Bootcamp

Become a Vulnerability Management Engineer.

A role-based bootcamp that takes you from first asset inventory to a running exposure management program: safe scanning, defensible prioritization, remediation that actually closes, and the automation and metrics that make it scale.

8 modules20-seat cohortsHands-on labsCapstone + portfolio
$2,000/ seatSponsor a team seat
Track
Defensive Engineering Track
Format
Three ways to take it
Next cohort
Next quarterly cohort
Also runs
Also self-paced anytime
Certificate
Yes, on completion

Choose how you learn

One bootcamp. Three ways to take it.

3

Same role-based outcome. Pick the format that fits your life. Read it at your own pace with graded feedback, watch the video track, or join the live quarterly cohort.

Coming soon

Instructor-led

Watch the instructor teach on video: a guided track with self-checks, per-module interview prep and a hands-on lab.

In development

In development
Available now

Self-paced

Read the full course in the portal at your own pace: lessons, graded quizzes and assignments your instructor reviews.

Available now in the Fourth Tech Hub

Open the course
Quarterly

Live cohort

Real-time sessions with the practitioner on a quarterly schedule: accountable, interactive, and capped for attention. We open these as cohorts are scheduled.

Next cohort · Next quarterly cohort

Reserve a seat

Roles this prepares you for

  • Vulnerability Analyst
  • Vulnerability Management Engineer
  • Security Operations Analyst
  • Threat & Vulnerability Manager
  • Security Engineer

Standards & references

CVE & CWECVSS scoringEPSS exploit predictionCISA KEV catalogSBOM & supply chainPCI DSS scanning requirements

You'll build a portfolio of

  • Asset coverage and attack surface map
  • Prioritization model with SLA matrix
  • Remediation and exception workflow
  • Exposure metrics pack
  • OT-safe assessment approach

The curriculum

The 8 modules

8
1

The VM Discipline

Lifecycle, roles, and the vocabulary of vulnerability work.

2

Asset Discovery & Attack Surface

Inventory, ownership, shadow IT and proving coverage.

3

Scanning & Assessment

Scanner types, credentialed scanning, safe windows, triage.

4

Prioritization & Risk

CVSS properly, EPSS, KEV, business context, SLA design.

5

Remediation & Verification

Workflows, exceptions, compensating controls, rescanning.

6

Exposure Engineering

Scanning platforms, vulnerability data engineering, automation.

7

Cloud, Containers & OT

Ephemeral workloads, images, and why OT scanning needs care.

8

Metrics & Capstone

Board reporting, maturity, and the full program build.

Hands-on labs

You don't watch. You do.

3
Build an asset inventory and coverage reportDesign a prioritization model and defend itRun a remediation and verification cycle end to end

Next cohort · Next quarterly cohort

Secure your seat for $2,000.

Each cohort is capped at 20 seats. You're in as soon as you pay, and you'll see your day-by-day plan when the cohort starts.

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