About

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counterShell is a cybersecurity training provider offering hands-on courses designed and conducted by experts to equip learners with real-world skills and mindsets.

  • counterShell is committed to grow the pool of capable cybersecurity experts through holistic practical training, and through the early identification and grooming of talent.

  • We aim to be an industry leader in the design and conduct of cybersecurity training and outreach programmes.

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Why counterShell?

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    The Big Picture

    At counterShell, we provide holistic cybersecurity training designed to impart critical skills and a 'hacker mindset,' reflecting real-world practices from both offensive and defensive perspectives.

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    Something for everyone

    Today's cybersecurity practitioners don't work in isolation. Our courses help non-specialists appreciate cybersecurity work and demystify the "black magic" behind the shell, potentially helping them cross into the cybersecurity domain.

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    By Practitioners, For Practitioners

    Our courses and evaluations are almost 100% practical in nature, designed and conducted by practitioners to train and assess the demonstrated results and the thought process of every learner that we have.

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    Beyond Training

    As part of providing training, we craft unique CTF challenges and experiential displays for various events, and develop skill-based and aptitude-based selection systems to identify individuals with the potential for cybersecurity roles.

Founder

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As a mid-careerist convert to cybersecurity, KK picked up his practical skills through getting OSCP certified and by participating in a variety of CTFs. In his career at CSIT, he performed a variety of red-teaming and vulnerability research roles and established the Cyber Training School at CSIT as the Lead Instructor. Besides the OSCP certification, KK is also OSCE and OSEE certified, and has a Bachelor's degree in Social Science (Psychology). He now sees psychology as a field of study where you fuzz humans until they produce unexpected behaviour.