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 ~R11,800 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, and across the open market — and pledges to keep supporting your job search until you find one. It's active support, not a guaranteed placement.
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+ CS0-004, 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) adds mentoring and CV coaching; only Elite (R79,000) includes certification exam vouchers — see the tier comparison above.
Certification Exams (Optional on the Standard and Professional tiers, paid separately to CompTIA/EC-Council/ISC² or a voucher reseller): ISC² CC (~R3,250) | Network+ (~R3,600–5,400) | Security+ (~R3,800–5,900) | CEH v13 (~R15,500–19,500) | CySA+ (~R3,900–5,900) | PenTest+ (~R5,900) or Cloud+ (~R3,400–5,400) | AWS/Azure/GCP (~R2,700–4,900 each). Approximate rand at roughly R16.30/US$ (September 2026).
Premium Subscriptions (Optional): TryHackMe Premium (~R280/mo) | Pluralsight (~R470/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.