Course Overview POET is a three-day cyber foundational course designed for cleared industry personnel, military members, and government civilians tasked with supporting control systems, embedded assets, and critical infrastructure. It establishes a functional baseline for reverse engineering within the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) domain, providing the technical framework necessary for further specialization. Guided by our expert instructors, participants will gain hands-on experience identifying, disassembling, and interpreting software binaries using industry-standard tools like Ghidra. The curriculum moves beyond the OS level to analyze the physical layer, examining electronic components, firmware architectures, and the communication interfaces that link embedded peripherals within a CPS environment. Finally, you will use diagnostic instruments to observe and verify real-time electronic behavior. Born out of necessity after dissatisfaction with available cyber training, POET delivers operator-in-the-loop training, advisory, and consulting support in technology, engineering, and cybersecurity, designed by defense experts and entrepreneurs in defense tech. This course is purpose-built to uplift current defense training with modules that build foundational understanding of technology design at the OS level. Participants receive a formal course certificate supporting DoW and DIB qualification pathways upon completion. Course Sequence The POET curriculum is structured as a progressive ladder, where each level removes specific failure modes and prepares analysts for increasingly advanced offensive operations. POET 100 - Foundations: Basic embedded familiarity, tooling exposure, and firmware awareness POET 200 - Analyst Discipline: Evidence handling, ambiguity tolerance, and toll control that prevent exploitation failure POET 300 - Architecture & Exploitation: Flash extraction, execution reconstruction, and architecture-driven exploitation Each level is intentionally incomplete on its own. Capability emerges from progression, not from skipping levels. Who Should Attend? Defense contractors DIB technical SMEs OT and control systems engineers Military and governmet cyber personnel Cybersecurity professionals expanding into ICS/SCADA exploitation Designed for technical practitioners with foundational knowledge in: Cybersecurity Network engineering Operational technology Optional Add-on: Take Home Kit Included Components Core Embedded Testbed Unit Patch Panel Interface Wiring Harness Kit I2C EEPROM Expansion Module SPI Flash Expansion Module Developer Quick Start Guide
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