South Africa’s most comprehensive cybersecurity bootcamp. Choose a specialist track — Pen Tester, SOC Analyst, or GRC & Cloud — or complete all six modules for the full Cybersecurity Bootcamp Certificate. CompTIA Security+, CEH v13 and CySA+ aligned. Available online and in-person in Johannesburg.
Our cybersecurity bootcamps in South Africa are built for two types of people — IT professionals pivoting into security, and complete career changers entering tech for the first time.
You’re already working in IT — helpdesk, networking, system administration — and you know security is where the salaries and demand are heading. This is your structured pivot.
You have no IT background but you’re drawn to cybersecurity — the problem-solving, the demand, the salary. Module 1 starts from absolute zero and gets you lab-ready within weeks.
Each specialist track is three focused modules — approximately 3 months full-time or 6 months part-time. Every track begins with the same two foundation modules, then diverges into a specialist role.
What's included in the price: All live expert instruction, platform access (TryHackMe, PortSwigger, Cybrary), browser-based labs (Kali, DVWA, Juice Shop), certification exam prep, digital badges, and career coaching. What's not: Certification exam vouchers (optional, arranged on-demand). No subscriptions, no hardware requirements, no credit cards needed.
Complete all six modules within 24 months and earn the full Code College Cybersecurity Bootcamp Certificate. Includes all three specialist tracks plus Module 6 (Portfolio & Job Readiness). Available in Standard, Professional and Elite tiers.
All six modules, all five certification prep programmes, one Code College Bootcamp Certificate. Choose the tier that fits your budget — all available on no-interest monthly instalments.
Save R13,500 vs. buying modules separately
Best value for career changers
Includes R21,900+ in exam voucher value
🏢 Corporate training packages available from R8,000/seat for teams of 5+. Tax-deductible SDL spend. Contact us for a group quote.
Not sure a full track is right for you yet? Start with Module 1 on its own — your money and momentum both carry forward if you decide to go further.
R9,500 · 4 weeks full-time. No prior experience required. See whether cybersecurity — and Code College — is the right fit before committing to a full track.
Decide to continue within 3 months of finishing Module 1? We credit your full R9,500 fee toward any Specialist Track or the Full Bootcamp.
Didn’t pass ISC² CC or Network+ the first time? Redo Module 1’s live classes for free until you pass or feel ready to move on — subject to a running cohort with space for you.
Fill in a short application. Tell us your background and which track interests you. No technical knowledge required upfront.
A quick conversation to confirm the right entry point — Module 1 for beginners, or Module 2 if you already have an IT foundation.
Live classes with hands-on labs, real attack and defence exercises, and portfolio projects that hiring managers actually evaluate.
Graduate with industry cert alignment, a security portfolio and career placement support backed by Compuways’ employer network.
Each module is a complete, stand-alone short course you can take individually or as part of a track. Every module earns a Code College Digital Badge and prepares you for a recognised industry certification exam.
OSI model, TCP/IP, DNS, Wireshark, Kali Linux lab setup. Required entry point for all tracks.
Attacks, cryptography, PKI, firewalls, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning and POPIA/NIST compliance.
Reconnaissance, exploitation, post-exploitation, reporting. Metasploit, Burp Suite, OWASP Top 10.
SIEM, threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics. Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, SOAR.
AWS/Azure security, GRC frameworks, POPIA compliance, advanced pen testing, cloud audit.
Capstone security assessment, GitHub portfolio, LinkedIn optimisation, interview prep and job placement support.
⚠ Not included in any Specialist Track · Requires Module 4 or 5
Code College is backed by Compuways — an IT recruitment and consulting firm founded in 1990, recognised as one of South Africa's top 4 IT recruitment companies. We've been placing IT professionals into the market for over 30 years. Our cybersecurity bootcamp curriculum is shaped by what cybersecurity employers actually interview for — not textbook theory. When the threat landscape changes, the curriculum changes with it.
What SA cybersecurity employers interview for — SIEM, pen testing, cloud security, compliance — is what we teach. No filler modules.
After graduation, Compuways actively connects suitable graduates with open cybersecurity roles in their employer network across banking, finance and consulting.
Recruiter feedback flows directly back into the curriculum. New attack vectors, new compliance requirements, new tools — your training stays current.
Arnold, Code College's founder and CEO, leads the cybersecurity bootcamp personally. His background isn't narrowly in security — it's in building the kind of software security exists to protect, across scientific, real-time and business-critical systems. That range is exactly why he launched this track: after years watching the market, he saw a clear, growing gap between the demand for trained security professionals in South Africa and the supply of properly prepared candidates, and built the bootcamp to close it.
He's also intentionally building a bench of assistant instructors alongside him, rather than running the program around one person. That means a growing pool of trained teachers as cohorts scale, all teaching the same curriculum he designed — so class quality doesn't depend on any single instructor's availability.
Curriculum shaped by real experience building scientific, real-time and business systems — not textbook security theory.
Launched because South Africa's demand for trained security talent is outpacing supply — not as an afterthought to the coding bootcamp.
Assistant instructors are training alongside Arnold now, so the program scales without one person becoming a bottleneck.
No prior cybersecurity experience is required. Module 1 starts from absolute zero — networking fundamentals, Linux basics and setting up your own security lab. If you have an IT background, you may be able to enter at Module 2 after a short placement assessment.
The full bootcamp prepares you for ISC² CC, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ SY0-701, EC-Council CEH v13, CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003, and CompTIA PenTest+ or Cloud+. Each module is aligned to at least one of these globally recognised exams.
Absolutely. Each specialist track (Pen Tester, SOC Analyst, GRC & Cloud) is three modules and can be completed in about 3 months full-time. You can add more modules within a 24-month window to work toward the full bootcamp certificate whenever you’re ready.
Full Bootcamp Fee: From R49,500 (Standard tier — covers all 6 modules, teaching, labs, mock exams and your Code College Bootcamp Certificate). Professional (R59,000) and Elite (R79,000) tiers add extras including certification exam vouchers — see the tier comparison above.
Certification Exams (Optional on the Standard tier, paid separately to CompTIA/EC-Council/ISC²): Network+ (R6,500) | Security+ (R6,500) | CEH v13 (R10–11K) | CySA+ (R6,500) | Cloud+ (R6,500) | AWS/Azure/GCP (R5–8K each).
Premium Subscriptions (Optional): TryHackMe Premium (R230/mo) | Pluralsight (R300–400/mo) | Free tiers included in all courses. No mandatory software or hardware purchases—everything runs in your browser.
Both. All modules are available fully online. In-person sessions are available at our Johannesburg campus. Hybrid attendance is fully supported — attend in-person when you can and join online when you can’t.
Yes. Every module has a part-time option that doubles the duration. A full specialist track done part-time takes approximately 6 months. The full bootcamp can be completed part-time within the 24-month stacking window.
Minimum: Any laptop or desktop with a web browser and reliable internet. Your existing laptop is fine.
Why? All labs run in your browser—Kali Linux, DVWA, Juice Shop, live Splunk demos, AWS/Azure/GCP. No local VMs, no external drives, no USB adapters needed. SSH works on any OS (Windows, Mac, Linux). This is a massive reduction in hardware requirements vs. traditional bootcamps.
⚡ Highly recommended: External monitor (any size, ~R800+). Running labs full-screen on one display while keeping notes/browser/terminal on a second screen dramatically speeds up your workflow. Secondhand monitors work fine—it's one of the best productivity investments you can make.
Structure, lab access, mentorship and accountability. Self-directed cybersecurity learning has a very high dropout rate. Our bootcamp gives you live instructors, guided lab exercises, peer collaboration, career support and a portfolio of documented security work that employers actually ask to see.
The full bootcamp covers all 6 modules and takes approximately 26 weeks (6 months) part-time — typically 2–3 evenings per week. A specialist track (3 modules) takes roughly 3 months full-time or 6 months part-time. All live sessions are recorded so you can catch up if you miss a class. The Elite tier includes extended exam-prep weeks for Security+ and CySA+.
The bootcamp aligns to internationally recognised certifications (CompTIA Security+, ISC² CC, CEH) and can be included as a planned skills development expense in your company’s Workplace Skills Plan. Contact us for a formal quotation suitable for WSP submission.
Entry-level SOC analyst and junior penetration tester roles in South Africa typically pay R300,000–R700,000 per year. Mid-level analysts with CySA+ or CEH earn R800,000–R1.2M. Senior consultants and CISOs earn R1.5M–R2M+. Johannesburg pays the highest rates. Many graduates begin as contractors, attracting day rates of R1,500–R3,500 depending on specialisation.
Applications take less than 5 minutes. No prior cybersecurity experience required. Our team will reach out within 24 hours to discuss the right track for your background and goals.