Verified IT Work Experience Program

Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Internship

Defend networks, conduct vulnerability assessments, perform penetration testing, and analyze live cyber threats.

3 - 6 Months
Online / On-site
Experience Letter + LOR
1-on-1 Lead Mentorship
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Role Overview

Immerse yourself in real-world offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations. Gain hands-on experience performing ethical penetration tests, hunting vulnerabilities across the OWASP Top 10, and defending enterprise systems with modern SIEM tools.

Tools & Stack You Will Use

Ethical Hacking Network Security Burp Suite Nmap & Wireshark Metasploit Vulnerability Assessment SIEM (Splunk/Wazuh) SOC Workflows

What You Will Receive

  • Verified Experience Certificate: Company-issued credential recognizing duration.
  • Letter of Recommendation (LOR): Signed recommendation from tech lead for top performers.
  • Production GitHub Repos: Live pull requests, commits, and verified public repositories.
  • Interview & Placement Support: Direct client interview opportunities & referrals.

Eligibility & Candidates

  • Final year & pre-final engineering/IT students
  • Fresh graduates looking for company experience
  • Career switchers seeking real-world portfolios

Commercial Projects You Will Build

Real-world product blueprints and enterprise deliverables

1 Lab Environment Setup & Linux/Networking Hardening

Live Milestone
  • Setting up Kali Linux, VirtualBox/VMware virtual labs & security tools
  • TCP/IP protocols, packet analysis with Wireshark & network subnetting
  • Linux command-line security auditing, permissions & system log analysis
  • Security ethics, legal boundaries & standard compliance (ISO 27001, NIST framework)

2 Network Reconnaissance, Scanning & Enumeration

Live Milestone
  • OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) gathering and threat surface mapping
  • Port scanning, service detection & OS fingerprinting with Nmap & Zenmap
  • Vulnerability scanning with Nessus and OpenVAS
  • Banner grabbing, SNMP enumeration & DNS zone transfer analysis

3 Web Application Penetration Testing (OWASP Top 10)

Live Milestone
  • Intercepting and tampering HTTP traffic with Burp Suite Professional
  • Exploiting SQL Injection (SQLi) & Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Testing for Broken Access Control, IDOR & SSRF vulnerabilities
  • API security testing: JWT tampering, broken object-level authorization & rate-limit bypasses

4 System Exploitation, Privilege Escalation & Cryptography

Live Milestone
  • Exploiting known vulnerabilities using Metasploit Framework
  • Linux & Windows privilege escalation techniques (SUID binaries, misconfigured services)
  • Applied cryptography: Symmetric/Asymmetric encryption, hashing (SHA-256), SSL/TLS & PKI
  • Password cracking techniques and password policy hardening (John the Ripper, Hashcat)

5 Blue Team Operations, SIEM & Incident Response

Live Milestone
  • Configuring and analyzing security logs in SIEM platforms (Wazuh / Splunk)
  • Setting up intrusion detection and prevention systems (Snort / Suricata)
  • Malware analysis basics and sandboxing malicious artifacts
  • Security Operations Center (SOC) incident response lifecycle and triage workflows

6 Professional Pen-Testing Report & Client Defense

Live Milestone
  • Drafting professional Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment reports
  • Calculating CVSS 3.1 risk scores and prioritizing remediation roadmaps
  • Simulated live Red vs. Blue team defense exercise
  • Final security audit presentation, vulnerability debrief & verified internship sign-off

Agile Work Culture & Daily Routine

How you collaborate inside your developer pod each week

1

Daily Standups & Sprints

Participate in 15-minute morning standups, track sprint backlog items in Jira, and define daily feature goals.

2

Feature Engineering

Write clean, modular code following design patterns, database migrations, and API contract specifications.

3

PR Reviews & Quality Gates

Submit GitHub pull requests, receive 1-on-1 feedback from senior tech leads, and pass automated CI test pipelines.

4

Cloud Staging & Demo

Deploy live containerized features to cloud staging environments and demonstrate working software during sprint reviews.

Local Internship Campuses & Dev Centers

In-person & hybrid developer seats in Coimbatore & Chennai

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