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NeptuneGuard Academy

Practical, hands-on training — and certifications that test what you can actually do

Classes across offensive security, defensive operations, application security, secure development, OSINT, and GRC. Every course is lab-driven, and every certification is a practical exam with a written report — no multiple choice.

30+
Courses across 7 tracks
9
Practical certifications
100%
Hands-on lab exams
Lifetime
Access to course updates

Course catalog

Self-paced on-demand, live-online cohorts, or delivered on-site for your team. Lab access is included with every class.

Certifications

Each exam is a live environment plus a professional report, graded by our practitioners. Certifications are valid for three years and renewable through continuing lab work.

NG-JPT
Entry
Junior Penetration Tester

Proves you can enumerate a small network, escalate privileges, and document findings clearly.

24-hour lab + report
NG-PT
Professional
Network Penetration Tester

A full simulated engagement against a multi-host domain, assessed on method as much as outcome.

5-day lab + report + debrief
NG-WPT
Professional
Web Application Tester

Testing a live application for access control, injection, and logic flaws, then writing it up for a client.

48-hour lab + report
NG-MPT
Professional
Mobile Application Tester

Assessing an iOS or Android build and its backing API, including local storage and transport issues.

48-hour lab + report
NG-SDV
Professional
Secure Developer

Building and remediating application code against real vulnerability classes under review conditions.

Build + code review exam
NG-SAA
Associate
SOC Analyst Associate

Triage, investigation, and escalation against a simulated alert queue with live telemetry.

8-hour live SOC exam
NG-MRE
Advanced
Malware Researcher

Analysing unknown samples and producing an actionable technical report with indicators.

72-hour analysis + report
NG-OSR
Entry
OSINT Researcher

Running a scoped open-source investigation and documenting sourcing and confidence.

24-hour investigation + report
NG-GRC
Associate
GRC Analyst

Mapping controls, assembling evidence, and producing an audit-ready gap assessment.

Case-study assessment

Career paths

Ordered routes through the catalog, from first command line to certified practitioner.

Penetration Tester

From first command line to running client engagements solo.

01Linux for Security Practitioners + Networking Essentials
02Practical Ethical Hacking → NG-JPT
03Privilege Escalation + Active Directory Attacks
04External & Internal Network Pentesting → NG-PT
Application Security Engineer

For developers and testers focused on the application layer.

01Secure Web Application Development
02Web Application Penetration Testing → NG-WPT
03API & GraphQL Security Testing + Secure Code Review
04Mobile Application Penetration Testing → NG-MPT
SOC Analyst

The defensive route, from alert triage to hunting and forensics.

01Networking Essentials + Windows Fundamentals
02SOC Analyst Foundations → NG-SAA
03Detection Engineering + Threat Hunting
04DFIR + Malware Analysis → NG-MRE
Secure Application Developer

Ship products that survive a pentest the first time.

01Python for Security + Threat Modeling for Developers
02Secure Web Application Development
03API & Backend Engineering + Mobile App Development
04DevSecOps & Pipeline Security → NG-SDV

How you can learn

Self-paced
On-demand

Full video catalog with lab access, lifetime updates, and no cohort schedule to keep up with.

Scheduled
Live-online cohorts

Instructor-led sessions with office hours, a shared lab range, and a class channel.

On-site
In-person classes

Delivered at your office or ours, over consecutive days, with a private lab environment.

Ongoing
Academy membership

One enrollment covering the whole catalog, new releases, and monthly live workshops.

Training for teams

Bulk seats, private cohorts, and custom curricula built around your stack — including secure development classes for your engineers and awareness training for everyone else. Delivered on-site or live-online, with progress reporting for managers.

Private cohorts scheduled around your release calendar
Curriculum tailored to your stack, cloud provider, and threat model
Manager dashboards for completion, lab progress, and certification status
Combined developer training and company-wide awareness programs
Certification vouchers included with team enrollments