Architecture foundations
Build the security, networking, risk, and architecture vocabulary needed to make defensible design decisions.

Design secure systems. Lead with confidence.
Video · Reading · AI Tutor · Resources · Labs · Real Job PracticeYour earlier reference-section results stay recorded. Full-course completion also requires all 6 practical-studio checks and the existing final assessment. The studio contains 24 lessons; the 2 reference sections remain available.
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Protect APIs with OAuth, JWT, validation, and least-privilege access.
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24 lessons with editable presentations, narration scripts, reading, offline security labs and a final practical project. Published recordings are listed in the Video tab. Caption availability varies by lesson.
Practice by typing, drawing with a stylus or mouse, or writing on the printable workbook. The workspace includes code and math symbols, local drafts and exportable evidence for peer or instructor review.
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Design secure systems. Explain risks. Make defensible architecture decisions.
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Every phase adds knowledge, practice, and a portfolio result you can explain during an interview. Select an available course below to open its Video Lessons and Reading Lessons tabs.
Build the security, networking, risk, and architecture vocabulary needed to make defensible design decisions.
Translate requirements and threats into secure application, API, identity, and infrastructure patterns.
Design identity, network, data, monitoring, resilience, and governance controls for cloud workloads.
Practice architecture review, control mapping, ADRs, exceptions, resilience tradeoffs, and executive communication across application, API, identity, and cloud designs.
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