Pluralsight LIVE 2018: Get Your Geek On (Security)
Security threats evolve daily—and your team needs to move faster than the threat landscape. This Pluralsight LIVE event distils practical security fundamentals into 4 hours of expert-led instruction, designed for professionals who need actionable knowledge without the fluff.
AIU.ac Verdict: Ideal for security practitioners, developers integrating security into pipelines, and IT professionals seeking rapid upskilling. The event format means you’re learning from Pluralsight’s vetted experts (top 5.5% of applicants), though the condensed timeframe suits intermediate learners better than absolute beginners.
What This Course Covers
This course unpacks core security principles through live instruction and practical demonstrations. Expect coverage of threat landscapes, vulnerability assessment fundamentals, secure coding practices, and defensive strategies that apply across infrastructure, applications, and user behaviour. The hands-on labs embedded throughout let you test concepts in sandboxed environments—critical for translating theory into muscle memory.
You’ll walk away with a working vocabulary of security concepts, practical lab experience, and a framework for evaluating security risks in your own environment. The Pluralsight LIVE format emphasises real-world application over academic depth, making it particularly valuable for teams needing to close security knowledge gaps quickly.
Who Is This Course For?
Ideal for:
- Security-adjacent developers: Engineers building features who need to understand security implications without becoming specialists.
- IT operations professionals: Ops teams managing infrastructure who want practical security fundamentals to complement their existing expertise.
- Career-switchers into cybersecurity: Professionals transitioning into security roles who benefit from event-driven, expert-curated introductions.
May not suit:
- Absolute beginners: The 4-hour format assumes baseline technical literacy; pure newcomers may struggle without prerequisite foundation.
- Advanced security specialists: Seasoned practitioners will find this introductory and event-focused rather than deep-dive technical content.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does Pluralsight LIVE 2018: Get Your Geek On (Security) take?
4 hours and 9 minutes. Designed as a single-session event-driven course, it’s structured for focused learning without multi-week commitment.
What’s the difference between this and standard Pluralsight courses?
Pluralsight LIVE events are live-recorded expert sessions with curated Q&A and event energy. You get expert instruction (Pluralsight accepts only 5.5% of course author applicants) compressed into a practical timeframe, rather than a traditional multi-hour video series.
Do I need prior security experience?
Intermediate technical foundation helps—you should be comfortable with basic IT/development concepts. Complete beginners may find the pace challenging without supplementary resources.
Will this prepare me for security certifications?
This covers fundamentals useful for entry-level security roles and provides context for certification study, but it’s not a dedicated exam-prep course. Use it as a foundation, then pursue targeted certification training.
Course by Pluralsight LIVE on Pluralsight. Duration: 4h 9m. Last verified by AIU.ac: March 2026.
