Start here: computers and code
No assumed knowledge. Learn what computers, files, programs and code actually are before writing your first instructions.
OG Labs Beginner Code Centre / Cyber Academy
Start from zero.
Build real skills.
Understand the machine, write your first code and progress into safe cybersecurity practice. Each lesson explains the words, the actions and the results.
6guided modules
18step-by-step lessons
0knowledge assumed
Teaching that starts at the beginning
Understand it.
Try it.
Keep your progress.
- 01Clear explanations of each abbreviation, command and result
- 02Short coding tasks and practical defensive projects
- 03A learner account for lesson progress, notes and support
- 04Hunter Code Lab for beginner code experiments
- 05Security practice limited to isolated labs and authorised systems
The complete beginner pathway
Start with the machine.
Finish with a project.
3 guided lessons
Python from zero
Build small security-themed programs while learning variables, decisions, loops, functions and errors.
Networks without the mystery
Understand how devices communicate before using network tools: addresses, ports, protocols, DNS and routing.
Linux and defensive tooling
Use an isolated Linux workspace, inspect processes and permissions, and learn the evidence-first security workflow.
Ethical security labs
Move into isolated, deliberately vulnerable targets with clear scope, evidence and stop conditions.
Build your first security project
Combine coding, networking and evidence into a portfolio project you can explain rather than merely demonstrate.
Your next step