Hands-on projects to build your skills and infrastructure
What You'll Need
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Estimated Time
Projects range from 1 hour to multi-day builds
Deploy CrowdSec on a Linux server to get community-powered intrusion prevention — block brute-force attacks, credential stuffing, and vulnerability scanners using crowd-sourced threat intelligence and automatic firewall enforcement.
Deploy Keycloak with Docker Compose and PostgreSQL to build a centralised single sign-on platform for your homelab services, with OIDC integration for...
Deploy HashiCorp Vault to centrally manage secrets, certificates, and dynamic credentials — eliminating hardcoded passwords from your infrastructure with...
Transform Claude Code from a chatbot into a DevOps co-pilot. Set up CLAUDE.md templates, custom hooks, reusable agents, deployment skills, and MCP server...
Build guardrails around AI-generated code with Claude Code hooks, security-scanning agents, OWASP-aware prompting, and automated secret detection. A...
Deploy a full deception technology stack using T-Pot and OpenCanary to capture real attacker behaviour, generate threat intelligence, and sharpen your...
Create a fully functional Active Directory lab environment for practicing common attack techniques including Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting,...
Set up a purpose-built OSINT workstation with Trace Labs VM, sock puppet management, browser isolation, VPN routing, and automated investigation workflows...
Implement a comprehensive security baseline for Microsoft 365 tenants covering identity protection, email security, endpoint management, data governance,...