Phase 14 · Build Your Cybersecurity Portfolio

Projects

Home Lab Setup & Network Segmentation Project

Part of the Cybersecurity Roadmap.

Summary

Build and document a personal home lab with proper network segmentation — demonstrating hands-on infrastructure and security architecture skills beyond just running tools someone else set up.

How to Learn This

  • 1Set up a home lab with at least 2-3 VMs on a segmented, isolated network.
  • 2Document your network design and the security reasoning behind your segmentation choices.
  • 3Write up how you'd detect and respond to a simulated compromise in this environment.
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