Did you know that cybercrime inflicted damages globally totalling $6 trillion USD, just in 2021? It is necessary to know how to defend oneself against these threats and identify and fix vulnerabilities preemptively.
In this 1 week hands-on self-paced course, MIT engineers will teach Grades 7-12 students the basics of penetration testing (ethical hacking), networking, security and cybersecurity best practices.
Students will learn how to ethically hack using Browser Exploitation Framework (BeEF) on Kali Linux to evaluate system security. They will specifically learn the various ways in which malicious actors steal credentials and data, and how to protect oneself against it.
Students will complete fourteen labs and write a penetration test report for their final project. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate. No prior experience is required. Windows or Mac laptop/computer with around ~50 GB available storage necessary.
For additional one-on-one guided support for this course, please additionally purchase the [Intro to Ethical Hacking] One-on-one live mentorship.
Please note: By registering for this course, students are agreeing to use the techniques they learn in this course to identify vulnerabilities in their own systems, and not for malicious purposes.
What's Included
3 months access
Cybersecurity & Networking lessons
(How to steal passwords, launch Trojan Horse attacks, hijack browsers, etc.)
Quizzes to check understanding
Graded Final Report
Certificate upon completion
Students additionally purchasing the [Intro to Ethical Hacking] One-on-one live mentorship will receive the additional benefit of one-on-one guided support for this course from our instructors.
FAQ
Interested students from Grades 7-12 from anywhere around the world are eligible to attend the camp.
The self-paced course is offered year-round and involves instructor grading of the penetration test report. Students will have access to course material for three months. Students who additionally purchase the [Intro to Ethical Hacking] will receive one-on-one guided support for the labs.
There are no prerequisites, just a willingness to learn!
$50 USD for self-paced version;
$125 USD for self-paced version + one-on-one instructor support
While we do not offer financial aid for this course, we have enabled region-based pricing for certain regions in order to make the camp accessible to more students. Please click on “Take this Course” to see the price for your region, which should be in the local currency. If you are not seeing the price in your local currency, please email info@mehtaplustutoring.com so region-based pricing can be enabled for your region.
Please note that region-based pricing is not available for the [Intro to Ethical Hacking] One-on-one live mentorship.
If you are located outside US, please email info@mehtaplustutoring.com and we will send you some payment options.
MehtA+
When you attend a MehtA+ camp, mentorship does not end only after camp. Our staff offers college and career advice and company referrals well after the bootcamp. Post the bootcamp, you will be invited to be a part of the international MehtA+ alumni network composed of students from our previous bootcamps. Many of our alumni have attended some of the world’s best universities, including MIT, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon and University of Toronto.
MehtA+ alumni are invited for teaching and mentorship opportunities with us. These opportunities give students another chance to engage with the material that they have learned through our bootcamps and create their own curriculum under the guidance of MehtA+ instructors. We also invite our alumni to be MehtA+ teaching assistants and tutors.