📘 PHASE 5: Advanced Topics (Month 8–12)

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☁️ Cloud Security

• AWS IAM

• Misconfigured S3 buckets

• API security

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🔐 Cryptography

• Hashing (MD5 vs SHA256)

• Symmetric vs Asymmetric encryption

• RSA basics

• TLS handshake

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🔎 Digital Forensics

• Log analysis

• Memory dumps

• Incident response

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🧠 Red Team vs Blue Team

Red Team	Blue Team
Attack	Defend
Find vulnerabilities	Monitor logs
Exploit	Patch

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🏆 Certifications Path

Beginner:

• eJPT

• Security+

Intermediate:

• CEH

Advanced:

• OSCP

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🔥 1-Year Outcome If You Follow This

You will:

• Understand system internals

• Find real vulnerabilities

• Do bug bounty

• Apply security to your own projects

• Become job-ready

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💡 For You Specifically

Since you build:

• Student Management System

• V-Connect

• Shopping App

Start applying:

• Input validation

• Password hashing

• Rate limiting

• Secure file uploads

• Proper authentication flow

This will turn you into a Security-aware Developer, which companies prefer over tool-based hackers.