Hey Everyone!

First off, I want to thank all of you for signing up for Constructing Defense 🙂

I wanted to let you know about some upcoming changes to the course - I'll post the message in long form and then a "tldr" summary at the bottom.

Constructing Defense launched in January of 2024 - since then, additions to the course included:

• A Ludus lab deploy option

• A bunch of additional modules

• The entire course re-done with Splunk as our SIEM

In that time, a new version of Constructing Defense has also been introduced on the justhacking.com platform.

This version takes Constructing Defense to a whole new level, as participants now have the option of purchasing Constructing Defense with all the labs pre-built and cloud accessible.

More recently, we also introduced ConDef Lite on the justhacking.com platform for folks who have the necessary hardware to build the lab without using the cloud. ConDef Lite matches exactly what you purchased through constructingdefense.com!

Although this has enhanced the delivery of Constructing Defense, it has also confused participants and made it difficult to support multiple "streams" and deploy options of the course.

Given this dynamic, I have made the decision to move Constructing Defense to the justhacking.com platform on a permanent basis.

If you have purchased the course on this platform, keep an eye on the inbox for the email account that you used to sign up with, as you will be offered a free coupon for ConDef Lite. This email will also contain a special offer to upgrade to Constructing Defense 2025.

If you are in the middle of going through the course on this platform and do not want to switch over, no worries there either, as this version of Constructing Defense will be up and available until at least November 24 2025, at that time, I will get a temperature check and potentially renew this platform for another year to give folks more time to migrate their progress over.

There are no price increases to the course and no changes to the lifetime availability.

Going forward, new modules will be created using Splunk only and the current stream of the course using Sumo Logic will be archived and no longer supported.

Likewise, I plan to sunset the AWS Terraform deploy option of the course, as it is now redundant given the Ludus deploy options.

These changes will allow me to focus on streamlining the Ludus deploy of the course as well as creating new modules without having to duplicate efforts like recording videos for two different SIEM platforms.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach me, either through comments here or anton@constructingdefense.com

Cheers and thank you all!

TLDR:

• Constructing Defense is moving to justhacking.com

• If you have already signed up for Constructing Defense, keep an eye out on the inbox for the email you used to sign up for the course, you will given free access to ConDef Lite on justhacking.com and a special offer to upgrade to Constructing Defense 2025!

• Current version of Constructing Defense will remain online until November 24th 2025 and potentially longer depending on how the migration goes, so you will not lose your progress if you are in the middle of the course

• New modules will be done in Splunk only

• AWS Terraform deploy option will be archived in favor of Ludus

• No changes to pricing

• No changes to lifetime access

Current State:

New State: