🎓 2026 EARLY BIRD SCHOLARSHIP COHORT NOW OPEN · FULL TUITION WAIVER FOR SELECTED AFRICAN DEFENDERS
100% TUITION COVERED · 2026 INAUGURAL COHORT

Build Practical
Cyber Defence Skills.
We Fund Your Start.

TrustStack Academy is sponsoring high-potential African talent with full tuition scholarships across our eight hands-on career tracks. Master industry-standard security tools in live cloud environments and graduate with a verifiable credential.

100%Tuition Waiver
8Career Tracks
₦0Application Fee
VerifiableHashed Credential
★OFFICIAL CYBER TALENT INITIATIVE

Early Bird Cyber Scholarship

Valued at ₦150,000 per track · ₦900,000 for full bundle (25% OFF). Fully funded for selected candidates.

✓Direct access to cloud cyber lab sandboxes
✓Guided by experienced Chief Security Architects
✓NDPA 2023, ISO 27001 & NIST-aligned curricula
Claim Your Candidate Dossier →
SCHOLARSHIP ADVANTAGES

What Selected Scholars Receive

Designed to eliminate financial barriers while delivering world-class, job-ready capabilities for African organisations and global markets.

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100% Tuition Waiver

Selected scholars pay no course fees whatsoever. Full access to instruction, labs, assessments and mentorship is fully sponsored.

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Real-World Cyber Labs

No passive slide decks. You investigate real attacks, configure genuine firewalls, and hunt adversaries using Wazuh, Splunk, and Wireshark.

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Verifiable Digital Credential

Graduate with a cryptographically hashed certificate that employers can instantly verify via our public verification portal.

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Founding Cohort Community

Collaborate with motivated peers across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Rwanda in closed defender squad channels.

CURRICULUM PORTFOLIO

Choose Your Specialised Career Track

All eight practical career tracks are eligible for 100% scholarship funding. Select the discipline aligned with your aspirations.

🛡Beginner to Intermediate

SOC Analyst Track

Build the practical skills to monitor security events, investigate alerts, hunt threats, and coordinate enterprise incident response.

Tools: Wazuh · Splunk · Wireshark · MITRE ATT&CK
₦0 · Scholarship
⌕Intermediate

Digital Forensics

Preserve evidence, reconstruct attacks, detect anti-forensics, and produce defensible findings through practical disk, memory, mobile, and cloud investigations.

Tools: Autopsy · Volatility · FTK Imager · Wireshark
₦0 · Scholarship
◉Intermediate

Threat Intelligence

Turn threat data into actionable intelligence using structured analysis, adversary tracking, and strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence workflows.

Tools: MISP · OpenCTI · MITRE ATT&CK · OSINT
₦0 · Scholarship
◎Advanced

Penetration Testing

Learn an authorized penetration-testing methodology from reconnaissance and exploitation through red teaming, cloud testing, and threat-informed remediation.

Tools: Nmap · Burp Suite · Metasploit · Kali Linux
₦0 · Scholarship
☁Intermediate

Cloud Security

Secure cloud identities, workloads, data, and infrastructure across AWS and Azure using zero trust, policy-as-code, and resilient multi-cloud architecture.

Tools: AWS · Azure · Prowler · ScoutSuite
₦0 · Scholarship
✓Beginner

Governance & GRC

Translate security and privacy obligations into practical policies, risks, controls, evidence, and audit-ready improvement plans across NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, and NDPA 2023.

Tools: ISO 27001 · NIST CSF · NDPA · Risk Registers
₦0 · Scholarship
⌁Advanced

Malware Analysis

Safely examine suspicious files, unpack obfuscated binaries, analyze in-memory process injection, reverse C2 protocols, and create production detection artifacts.

Tools: REMnux · FLARE-VM · Ghidra · YARA
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⌘CAP-ADIT

Security Engineering

Design and build secure systems by applying Zero Trust architecture, DevSecOps automation, cloud-native security, cryptography, and enterprise Architecture Review Boards.

Tools: Threat Modelling · DevSecOps · SAST · IaC
₦0 · Scholarship
📜Executive / Lead Implementer

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer

Master Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), Clauses 4–10 implementation, ISO 27005 risk assessment, Statement of Applicability (SoA), and Stage 1 & 2 audit certification.

Tools: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · ISO 27005 · SoA · Audit Workpapers
₦0 · Scholarship
🏛️Executive / Board-Level

Cybersecurity for Managers & Executives

Boardroom Cyber Risk Governance, Delaware Caremark Fiduciary Compliance, FAIR™ Quantitative Risk Modeling, SEC 4-Day Incident Disclosures, and Strategic Defense Leadership.

Tools: Caremark Duty · FAIR™ Quantitative VaR · SEC Form 8-K · Board Memos
₦0 · Scholarship
🔄Executive / Operational Resilience

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) & Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)

Enterprise Resilience Blueprint: ISO 22301 Lifecycle, Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Loss Modeling, MTD/RTO/RPO Targets, Cloud Disaster Recovery Runbooks, and Incident Command Systems.

Tools: ISO 22301:2019 · BIA Financial Modeling · RTO/RPO Runbooks · Tabletop Drills
₦0 · Scholarship
ADMISSIONS TIMELINE

How the Scholarship Programme Works

A straightforward, transparent admissions process built on merit and dedication.

STEP 01

Submit Expression of Interest

Complete the secure candidate dossier below. Detail your educational background and why you want to specialise in cybersecurity.

STEP 02

Academic Board Review

Our admissions committee reviews submissions sequentially. Shortlisted applicants receive cohort placement notifications by email and WhatsApp.

STEP 03

Onboarding & Lab Access

Receive your personalised LMS credentials, join your dedicated squad channel, and begin your hands-on cybersecurity curriculum.

🔒 ENCRYPTED SUBMISSION · NDPA 2023 COMPLIANT

Join the Scholarship Registry

Complete your candidate dossier below. Applications are stored securely in our official registry and processed for Cohort 1 allocation.

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SOC Analyst TrackLevel: Beginner to Intermediate

Build the practical skills to monitor security events, investigate alerts, hunt threats, and coordinate enterprise incident response.

Core Modules:· SOC operations, roles and alert lifecycle· Windows, Linux and network log analysis· SIEM queries, dashboards and detection rules· Threat hunting with indicators and behaviour