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Ace Advanced Security Engineering Interviews

About the program

This 360° program is designed for all your interview preparation needs. Designed & delivered by FAANG+ instructors, the program helps you amplify your Cyber Security career by cracking interviews with your dream top-tier company.

The program offers a curriculum considering the interview requirements in FAANG & Tier-1 companies, and includes topics such as Application, Network, Cloud Security and more.

There are two different pathways, tailor-made for security professionals with a coding background targeting Security Engineering profiles, and security professionals having non-coding experience and targeting Security Analyst and Security Operation profiles in top-tier companies.

  • 15000+ Tech Professionals Trained
  • 1:1 prep & Mock interviews with FAANG+ cybersecurity experts
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360’ interview preparation
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Build successful interview strategies and practice answering the toughest security engineering interview questions
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Extensive coverage of interview relevant Security Engineering topics such as Applied Cryptography, Application, Network and Cloud Security and more  
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Get mentored by our highly experienced instructors working as active hiring managers and at FAANG+ companies and know exactly what it takes to ace tech and managerial interviews.

Course Highlights

Comprehensive Curriculum

Program designed by FAANG+ Cybersecurity Experts

Extensive coverage of interview relevant Security Engineering topics such as Applied Cryptography, Application, Network and Cloud Security and more
Rigorous Mock Interviews

End-to-end solution

Security Engineering resume building, LinkedIn profile optimization, personal branding, and live behavioral workshops
Plenty of 1 x 1 Help

Successful interview strategies

Practice answering the toughest security engineering interview questions
Career Skills Development

Mock interviews & personalized feedback with FAANG+ Hiring Managers

Live interview practice in real-life simulated environments with FAANG and top-tier interviewers

Course Eligibility Criteria

Security Engineering
‍(For Security professionals actively Programming)   
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Current or Former Security Engineers, Security Analysts, Application Security Engineers, Security Architects, Security Support Engineers
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Application, System or Network Support Engineers
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Cloud Security/Support Engineers
Cybersecurity
(For Non-Programming Professionals) 
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Current or Former Security Analysts, Sec Ops Engineers.
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System, Network, or Cloud Support Engineers who don’t have coding experience.
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Other Infrastructure Protection Professionals who don’t have coding experience

Career impact

I attended IK and I've got a lot of knowledge that helped me get into Microsoft. Their curriculum (algorithms and data structures) is organized very well and explanations are so helpful. And mock interviews and the feedback helped me a lot. It was worth it!

Ian Hwang

Software Engineer
Placed at:

I really like how the program is structured and how it caters to different domains. It is really helpful. The patterns that they teach you at Interview Kickstart are really useful because you can apply those patterns to any new problem. Knowing those patterns, you can solve basically any question because you can relate it to problems you have already solved, which gives you confidence.

Neetika Srivastava

Software Engineer
Placed at:

I joined iK after stumbling across it while reviewing some other interview prep materials after doing poorly in an interview at Linkedin. I knew that doing well in these interviews would require dedication and investment of my time - but with so many resources online I didn't have structure. This is what the IK platform provided me.

Chun Wu

Senior Software Engineer
Placed at:

The Interview Kickstart course is very structured and informative. They teach you about DS and algo fundamentals very thoroughly and also prepare you for the software engineering interview. I really like the live classes by FAANG engineers, and the homework and tests definitely help you toprepare for a real interview.

Shrey Shrivastava

Software development Engineer ll
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Course Delivery

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Currently Interviewing
Looking for Acceleration
Better Engineering focus
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2 month
3+ month 
1-1 Mentor sessions
6
15
15 / 21
Placement Assist
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Yes
Yes
Content Access
Mentor Sessions
All Curriculum
All Curriculum
Live Coaching
Unlimited - Tech + Career
Unlimited - Tech + Career
Visa advice
Yes
Yes
Live Classes
Yes
Support
1 month
6 months
6 months
100% Money back Guarantee
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Yes

StepUp

Accelerated interview prep to step up into a Tier-1 company

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2 Months to prepare
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Self-paced course
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15 mentor sessions/mock interviews
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All Curriculum
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Placement assistance
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Unlimited - Tech + Career
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6 months support

LevelUp

Guided interview prep to level up into a Tier-1 company

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3+ Months to prepare
RECOMMENDED
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Instructor-led live course
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Weekly Simulated Online Tests
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15-21 mentor sessions/mock interviews
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All Curriculum
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Placement assistance
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6 months support

Learn from current hiring managers at FAANG & Tier 1 companies

Alisha Kloc
EM - Cybersecurity
Liam Schneider
Delivery Practice Manager
Larry Hu
Senior Security Engineer

Meet the class

Years of experience

Current domain of enrolled students

Security Engineering Course Curriculum

Data structures and Algorithms
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5 weeks
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5 live classes
1

Sorting

  • Introduction to Sorting
  • Basics of Asymptotic Analysis and Worst Case & Average Case Analysis
  • Different Sorting Algorithms and their comparison
  • Algorithm paradigms like Divide & Conquer, Decrease & Conquer, Transform & Conquer
  • Presorting
  • Extensions of Merge Sort, Quick Sort, Heap Sort
  • Common sorting-related coding interview problems
2

Recursion

  • Recursion as a Lazy Manager's Strategy
  • Recursive Mathematical Functions
  • Combinatorial Enumeration
  • Backtracking
  • Exhaustive Enumeration & General Template
  • Common recursion- and backtracking-related coding interview problems
3

Trees

  • Dictionaries & Sets, Hash Tables 
  • Modeling data as Binary Trees and Binary Search Tree and performing different operations over them
  • Tree Traversals and Constructions 
  • BFS Coding Patterns
  • DFS Coding Patterns
  • Tree Construction from its traversals 
  • Common trees-related coding interview problems
4

Graphs

  • Overview of Graphs
  • Problem definition of the 7 Bridges of Konigsberg and its connection with Graph theory
  • What is a graph, and when do you model a problem as a Graph?
  • How to store a Graph in memory (Adjacency Lists, Adjacency Matrices, Adjacency Maps)
  • Graphs traversal: BFS and DFS, BFS Tree, DFS stack-based implementation
  • A general template to solve any problems modeled as Graphs
  • Graphs in Interviews
  • Common graphs-related coding interview problems
5

Dynamic Programming

  • Dynamic Programming Introduction
  • Modeling problems as recursive mathematical functions
  • Detecting overlapping subproblems
  • Top-down Memorization
  • Bottom-up Tabulation
  • Optimizing Bottom-up Tabulation
  • Common DP-related coding interview problems
System Design
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3 weeks
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3 live classes
1

Online Processing Systems

  • The client-server model of Online processing
  • Top-down steps for system design interview
  • Depth and breadth analysis
  • Cryptographic hash function
  • Network Protocols, Web Server, Hash Index
  • Scaling
  • Performance Metrics of a Scalable System
  • SLOs and SLAs
  • Proxy: Reverse and Forward
  • Load balancing
  • CAP Theorem
  • Content Distribution Networks
  • Cache
  • Sharding
  • Consistent Hashing
  • Storage
  • Case Studies: URL Shortener, Instagram, Uber, Twitter, Messaging/Chat Services
2

Batch Processing Systems

  • Inverted Index
  • External Sort Merge
  • K-way External Sort-Merge
  • Distributed File System
  • Map-reduce Framework
  • Distributed Sorting
  • Case Studies: Search Engine, Graph Processor, Typeahead Suggestions, Recommendation Systems
3

Stream Processing Systems

  • Case Studies: on APM, Social Connections, Netflix, Google Maps, Trending Topics, YouTube
Security Engineering
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5 weeks
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5 live classes
1

Applied Cryptography

  • Comprehensive coverage of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography techniques to keep digital communication secure : RSA, ECC, DS6, AES
  • Discussion on ideal Cryptography outcomes: Confidentiality, Authenticity, Integrity, and Non-repudiation
  • Discussion on non-trivial questions:
  • If you had to both encrypt and compress data during transmission, which would you do first, and why?
  • How can one perform an MITM attack on all HTTPS traffic? Is it even possible?
  • Can you describe rainbow tables?
  • What makes encryption techniques tough to crack?: Avalanche effect, Hash functions, Hash collision
  • Common mistakes you can do during interviews: Encryption vs Encoding, Encryption vs Hash Functions
  • How can you authenticate a user who is accessing your system? : In depth working of Kerberos, SAML, OAUTH 2.0, JSON Web Token and PKI(Public Key Infrastructure)
2

Network Security

  • Comprehensive coverage of network components - ARP, IP & MAC, Protocols, Firewall, TCP, OSI layers, etc.
  • Important interview questions on secure Wi-Fi connection, pre-shared key, firewalls and many other network components
  • How to secure DNS and DHCP servers? Get pro tips on server hardening. Get to know some interesting follow-up questions: 
  • How does DNS name resolution work in networks?
  • What is the BIND service in linux?
  • What does the hosts file do in a windows system?
  • How to detect and respond to intrusions? - Discussion on Intrusion detection system
  • Solve tough problems: Challenging assignments on DNS poisoning, SYN/ACK flood attack
3

Cloud Security

  • Comprehensive coverage of different stages where data needs to be protected:
  • Data-at-rest
  • Data-in-transit
  • Data-in-use
  • Discussion on most pressing issues with PaaS (cloud): Data security, Integrations, Customisation of legacy systems, Vendor lock-in
  • Deep dive into common cloud configuration issues: Granting public access to data, disabled logging and monitoring
  • The interview focused on open-ended assignments and challenging questions:
  • As a consultant how would you improve client’s cloud security posture?
  • How would you secure a cloud containerised environment?
  • Why is tagging important when it comes to cloud environments?
  • Biggest challenges to security of cloud : Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS), its types and mitigation strategies
  • Key principles to keep your cloud secure: logging and monitoring, cloud native security tools like AWS GuardDuty 
4

Application Security

  • Focus on building a security mindset for developing secure applications
  • Challenging assignment based on real-life scenarios: Music streaming API security
  • Deep dive into application security principles: Threat Modeling, OWASP Top 10
  • Discussion on code reviews questions: Identify security flaws in the given code (most frequently asked in FAANG+ interviews)
  • Case studies on application security flaws:
  • Link Shortening
  • IDOR
  • User-Facing Authentication
  • Discussion on important security frameworks to keep your application secure:
  • STRIDE
  • CHIRPS
5

Security Themed Coding, Code Reviews

  • What are some of the checkpoints and best practices to develop more secure code? Discuss various strategies to write better code: 
  • Data/Input Validation
  • Output Encoding
  • Session Management
  • Access Control
  • Reducing attack surface and many other checkpoints
  • Comprehensive coverage of attack vectors and common software vulnerabilities - How to stay updated with latest vulnerabilities? 
  • How does Threat Modeling help with making secure code - A deep dive into three threat modeling techniques
  • Interview-relevant strategies: Learn to do Attack Tree analysis, a method to model the threats against a system in a graphical easy-to-understand manner
  • Additional methods to mitigate security risks in code to impress your interviewer:
  • Code Signing
  • AppLocker, Code Integrity, and IPE
  • Code Repository Authentication
  • Pentest team
  • Interesting open-ended interview questions: 
  • Why would you use modular design vs. resiliency design?
  • Tell me how code can be written in an insecure manner.
  • Is it possible for vulnerabilities to exist if each separate system is secure?
Career Coaching
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3 weeks
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3 live classes
1

Interview Strategy and Success

2

Behavioral Interview Prep

3

Offers and Negotiation

Support Period
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6 Months
1

15 mock interviews

2

Take classes you missed/retake classes/tests

3

1:1 technical/career coaching

4

Interview strategy and salary negotiation support

Cyber Security Course Curriculum

System Design (Optional)
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3 weeks
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3 live classes
1

Online Processing Systems

  • The client-server model of Online processing
  • Top-down steps for system design interview
  • Depth and breadth analysis
  • Cryptographic hash function
  • Network Protocols, Web Server, Hash Index
  • Scaling
  • Performance Metrics of a Scalable System
  • SLOs and SLAs
  • Proxy: Reverse and Forward
  • Load balancing
  • CAP Theorem
  • Content Distribution Networks
  • Cache
  • Sharding
  • Consistent Hashing
  • Storage
  • Case Studies: URL Shortener, Instagram, Uber, Twitter, Messaging/Chat Services
2

Batch Processing Systems

  • Inverted Index
  • External Sort Merge
  • K-way External Sort-Merge
  • Distributed File System
  • Map-reduce Framework
  • Distributed Sorting
  • Case Studies: Search Engine, Graph Processor, Typeahead Suggestions, Recommendation Systems
3

Stream Processing Systems

  • Case Studies: on APM, Social Connections, Netflix, Google Maps, Trending Topics, YouTube
Cyber Security Engineering
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7 weeks
Air-play
7 live classes
1

Applied Cryptography

  • Comprehensive coverage of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography techniques to keep digital communication secure : RSA, ECC, DS6, AES
  • Discussion on ideal Cryptography outcomes: Confidentiality, Authenticity, Integrity, and Non-repudiation
  • Discussion on non-trivial questions:
  • If you had to both encrypt and compress data during transmission, which would you do first, and why?
  • How can one perform an MITM attack on all HTTPS traffic? Is it even possible?
  • Can you describe rainbow tables?
  • What makes encryption techniques tough to crack?: Avalanche effect, Hash functions, Hash collision
  • Common mistakes you can do during interviews: Encryption vs Encoding, Encryption vs Hash Functions
  • How can you authenticate a user who is accessing your system? : In depth working of Kerberos, SAML, OAUTH 2.0, JSON Web Token and PKI(Public Key Infrastructure)
2

Network Security

  • Comprehensive coverage of network components - ARP, IP & MAC, Protocols, Firewall, TCP, OSI layers, etc.
  • Important interview questions on secure Wi-Fi connection, pre-shared key, firewalls and many other network components
  • How to secure DNS and DHCP servers? Get pro tips on server hardening. Get to know some interesting follow-up questions: 
  • How does DNS name resolution work in networks?
  • What is the BIND service in linux?
  • What does the hosts file do in a windows system?
  • How to detect and respond to intrusions? - Discussion on Intrusion detection system
  • Solve tough problems: Challenging assignments on DNS poisoning, SYN/ACK flood attack
3

Cloud Security

  • Comprehensive coverage of different stages where data needs to be protected:
  • Data-at-rest
  • Data-in-transit
  • Data-in-use
  • Discussion on most pressing issues with PaaS (cloud): Data security, Integrations, Customisation of legacy systems, Vendor lock-in
  • Deep dive into common cloud configuration issues: Granting public access to data, disabled logging and monitoring
  • The interview focused on open-ended assignments and challenging questions:
  • As a consultant how would you improve client’s cloud security posture?
  • How would you secure a cloud containerised environment?
  • Why is tagging important when it comes to cloud environments?
  • Biggest challenges to security of cloud : Distributed Denial-of-Service attack (DDoS), its types and mitigation strategies
  • Key principles to keep your cloud secure: logging and monitoring, cloud native security tools like AWS GuardDuty 
4

Application Security

  • Focus on building a security mindset for developing secure applications
  • Challenging assignment based on real-life scenarios: Music streaming API security
  • Deep dive into application security principles: Threat Modeling, OWASP Top 10
  • Discussion on code reviews questions: Identify security flaws in the given code (most frequently asked in FAANG+ interviews)
  • Case studies on application security flaws:
  • Link Shortening
  • IDOR
  • User-Facing Authentication
  • Discussion on important security frameworks to keep your application secure:
  • STRIDE
  • CHIRPS
5

Security Themed Coding, Code Reviews

  • What are some of the checkpoints and best practices to develop more secure code? Discuss various strategies to write better code: 
  • Data/Input Validation
  • Output Encoding
  • Session Management
  • Access Control
  • Reducing attack surface and many other checkpoints
  • Comprehensive coverage of attack vectors and common software vulnerabilities - How to stay updated with latest vulnerabilities? 
  • How does Threat Modeling help with making secure code - A deep dive into three threat modeling techniques
  • Interview-relevant strategies: Learn to do Attack Tree analysis, a method to model the threats against a system in a graphical easy-to-understand manner
  • Additional methods to mitigate security risks in code to impress your interviewer:
  • Code Signing
  • AppLocker, Code Integrity, and IPE
  • Code Repository Authentication
  • Pentest team
  • Interesting open-ended interview questions: 
  • Why would you use modular design vs. resiliency design?
  • Tell me how code can be written in an insecure manner.
  • Is it possible for vulnerabilities to exist if each separate system is secure?
6

Incident Response & Management

  • Answer questions such as -
  • Using a SIEM of your choice, how would you write a query which alerts on a successful login after several failed logins?
  • How would you secure [Company’s] corporate networks? You can use whatever tools and software you want.
  • Congratulations, you’re a hacker now. How would you break into the network you just secured?
  • Key interview relevant topics-
  • Threat Assessment
  • Threat Actors & Motivations
  • Advanced Persistent Threats
  • Threat Assessment, Incident Management, & APTs
  • Working With Threat Assessment
  • Intrusion Detection & Analysis
  • Detection & Analysis At Scale
  • SecOps at Big Tech
  • Example Queries (Mandiant Query Language)
  • Incident Response & Management
  • IR&M At Big Tech
  • Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT)
  • Incident Management Plan
  • Incident Management: Respond to Incidents
7

Python Scripting for Security

  • Scripting Examples & Analysis
  • Python for Scripting & Automation
  • Parsing Information
  • Handling Files & Data with Python
  • Proactive Python
  • Python for Threat Response & Automation
Career Coaching
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3 weeks
airplay
3 live classes
1

Interview Strategy and Success

2

Behavioral Interview Prep

3

Offers and Negotiation

Support Period
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6 Months
1

15 mock interviews

2

Take classes you missed/retake classes/tests

3

1:1 technical/career coaching

4

Interview strategy and salary negotiation support

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