Rocheston Certified Cybersecurity Engineer (Level 2) — Advanced Red Team / Blue Team Cyber Range
Master advanced penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, cyber defense, and professional reporting in 5 hands-on days. Train across a 100+ machine cyber range, compete in Red vs Blue exercises, learn the RCPT framework, and complete the JuggyBank capstone.
// accredited. recognized. workforce-aligned.
RCCE is accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board to the global personnel-certification standard.
View ANAB directory listing ↗Recognized under the Department of Defense 8140 directive, mapped to 16 DCWF cyber workforce job roles.
See the DoD 8140 mapping ↗Level 2 builds on RCCE Level 1 or equivalent foundations, focused on professional penetration testing and Red/Blue practice.
Start with Level 1 ↗// after rcce level 2, you will be able to
// which level are you?
| Area | RCCE Level 1 | RCCE Level 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Level | Foundation / intermediate | Advanced |
| Focus | Cybersecurity concepts, ethical hacking, defense basics | Penetration testing, Red/Blue ops, cyber range, capstone |
| Lab platform | Rose OS labs | 100+ machine range · ZombieCop.Run · Vines · JuggyBank |
| Best for | Students entering cybersecurity | Professionals ready for advanced practice |
| Outcome | Core cybersecurity confidence | Structured VAPT & adversary simulation |
| Final proof | RCCE Level 1 exam | RCCE Level 2 exam + JuggyBank capstone |
// the rcce level 2 experience
Capture-the-flag-style exercises across 100+ lab machines with different vulnerabilities, operating systems, and defensive conditions.
Team-based exercises where Red Teams simulate adversary behavior and Blue Teams investigate, defend, and respond.
Train on Rocheston's VAPT platform for vulnerability scanning, assessment, reporting, and remediation workflows.
Step into a simulated banking environment with realistic systems, exposed services, user workflows, business risk, and security weaknesses. Assess, validate, document, recommend, and present — like a working penetration tester.
// cyber range labs you will complete
Every exercise is authorized, simulated, controlled, and ethical — designed to build penetration-testing judgment, defensive awareness, remediation thinking, and reporting discipline.
Map authorized lab targets, identify exposed services, document attack paths.
Structured assessment methods on simulated systems.
Analyze vulnerable web apps, document findings, recommend fixes.
Misconfigurations, exposed services, weak controls, defensive gaps.
Common Windows security weaknesses in a controlled range.
Logs, network activity, and indicators from simulated adversary behavior.
Reduce exposure and improve segmentation with defensive thinking.
Team-based attack, detection, response, and remediation.
Structured vulnerability assessment and reporting workflows.
The full-cycle banking simulation, ending in a professional report.
RCCE Level 2 teaches penetration testing, adversary simulation, and defensive response only inside authorized lab environments — Rocheston-controlled systems, simulated targets, and structured cyber range exercises. The goal: understand attacker behavior, improve defensive capability, document risk, and recommend remediation.
// the rcpt framework
RCCE Level 2 follows the Rocheston Certified Penetration Tester (RCPT) framework — a structured methodology for professional penetration testing and reporting:
// the transformation
// your 5-day journey
The pentest lifecycle, rules of engagement, reporting expectations, range structure.
Guided and challenge-based target assessments across diverse machines.
Team-based adversary simulation, detection, response, defensive review.
Scanning workflow, risk prioritization, remediation planning, reporting.
The banking capstone, final report, exam objectives review.
// are you ready for level 2?
Build foundations with RCCE Level 1, then come back.
// career roles this can help you prepare for
Projected U.S. job growth for information security analysts, 2024–2034 — about 16,000 openings per year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
RCCE is approved under the U.S. DoD 8140 directive and mapped to 16 DCWF cyber workforce job roles. Source: rocheston.com/dod8140
// certification exam details
// what's included
// delivery formats
Whichever format you choose, the program follows the same four-part structure: Cyber Range Sphere → ZombieCop.Run → Vulnerability Vines → JuggyBank.
A 5-day intensive live class with guided cyber range labs and instructor support.
Live sessions combined with online modules and scheduled range practice.
Structured online access to course materials and lab exercises, where available.
// frequently asked questions
RCCE Level 1 or an equivalent cybersecurity foundation is recommended. Level 2 assumes you know the basics and builds professional capability on top.
No — Level 2 is advanced. Beginners should start with RCCE Level 1 (or the free RCT course if completely new to IT).
Yes. All exercises run in authorized, simulated Rocheston lab environments. Unauthorized testing against real systems is not permitted.
A Red Team vs Blue Team exercise environment for team-based adversary simulation, detection, and defense practice.
A simulated banking environment used as the full-cycle penetration-testing capstone — you assess, validate, document, and deliver a professional report.
Rocheston's VAPT platform for vulnerability scanning, assessment, reporting, and remediation workflows.
100 questions (MCQ, true/false, short answer), 2 hours, 70% to pass — proctored online via Rocheston Ramsys. Register at cert.rocheston.com.
Contact us for current pricing and packaging — our team will confirm exactly what's included for your region and format.
// Haja Mo Level 2 audio message
A founder-led message for students ready to move beyond the basics: Red Team, Blue Team, cyber range discipline, RCPT methodology, VAPT reporting, and the JuggyBank capstone.
Hello my friend, I am Haja Mo, creator of the Rocheston Certified Cybersecurity Engineer program, RCCE.
Welcome to RCCE Level 2. And let me tell you right away: this is not a beginner tour. This is the next stage. Level 1 gives you the foundation. Level 2 puts you inside the range, where you begin to think, move, document, defend, and communicate like a real cybersecurity professional.
A lot of people learn cybersecurity by watching videos, memorizing tool names, and repeating buzzwords. That is not enough. Employers do not want someone who can only say “penetration testing” in an interview. They want someone who understands the engagement, follows the rules, finds the weakness, validates the risk, explains the impact, recommends the fix, and produces a report that a real team can use.
That is exactly why RCCE Level 2 exists.
In this program, you are not just learning red team or blue team as theory. You are stepping into Red Team and Blue Team practice. You learn how attackers plan, how defenders detect, how teams communicate, how evidence is collected, and how decisions are made when pressure is high. This is where cybersecurity becomes alive.
The heart of RCCE Level 2 is the Rocheston technology stack. You train inside the Cyber Range Sphere with more than 100 machines. You work through different systems, services, configurations, vulnerabilities, and defensive situations. You do not just read about vulnerable machines. You investigate them. You analyze them. You learn what matters, what is noise, and what needs to be fixed first.
Then we bring in ZombieCop.Run, our Red Team versus Blue Team battle environment. This is where the energy changes. You are not alone with a slide deck. You are in a team exercise. Red Team is thinking like the adversary. Blue Team is watching, detecting, responding, and hardening. You learn that cybersecurity is not only tools. It is timing, teamwork, communication, discipline, and judgment.
Then you work with Vulnerability Vines, Rocheston's VAPT platform. This is where you begin to understand professional vulnerability assessment and penetration testing workflows. You learn scanning, assessment, validation, risk ranking, remediation planning, and reporting. These are the skills employers care about because these are the skills used in real security teams, consulting teams, SOC teams, cloud teams, and governance teams.
And then comes JuggyBank, the capstone. I love this part because this is where everything comes together. JuggyBank is a simulated banking environment. You have business risk. You have systems. You have exposed services. You have findings. You have evidence. You have to think like an engineer and communicate like a consultant. At the end, you are not just saying, “I completed a course.” You can say, “Here is my capstone report. Here is what I found. Here is the evidence. Here is the impact. Here is how to fix it.” That is powerful.
RCCE Level 2 is built around the RCPT framework, the Rocheston Certified Penetration Tester methodology. That means you are not just using random tools. You are learning a structured way to run an engagement: scope, rules of engagement, reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, validation, evidence, risk rating, remediation, reporting, and lessons learned. This gives you a professional mental model. It teaches you how to approach security work like someone employers can trust.
Now, let me be very clear: everything in RCCE Level 2 is ethical, authorized, simulated, and controlled. We do not teach people to attack random systems. We teach people to understand attacker behavior so they can protect organizations better. We teach skill with responsibility. We teach confidence with discipline. That is the Rocheston way.
When you finish RCCE Level 2, you will have practiced advanced penetration testing concepts, Red Team and Blue Team operations, cyber range challenges, VAPT workflows, and professional reporting. You will understand how to think about risk, not just how to click a button. You will understand how to explain findings to technical people and to decision makers. That is what separates a tool user from a cybersecurity engineer.
This is why RCCE matters. It is not just a certificate. It is a full learning ecosystem: platforms, labs, cyber ranges, methodology, reporting, verification, and a serious engineering culture behind it. Rocheston is not trying to give you another boring classroom experience. We are trying to give you an environment that feels modern, sharp, challenging, beautiful, and real.
The world needs people who can defend networks, assess risk, validate vulnerabilities, respond to incidents, and explain security clearly. Employers want people who can do the work, not just talk about the work. RCCE Level 2 is designed to help you build that kind of proof.
So if you are ready to move beyond the basics, if you are ready to enter the range, if you are ready to build real confidence, this is your next step. Red Team. Blue Team. Cyber Range. VAPT. JuggyBank. RCPT. This is where you become serious.
RCCE Level 2 is built with love, with deep technology, and with the belief that learning should feel exciting. Every click should feel powerful. Every lab should make you better. Every challenge should move you closer to the professional you want to become.
My name is Haja Mo. Thank you for listening.
Five days from now you could have a completed JuggyBank capstone report, Red/Blue battle experience, and a clear path to the RCCE Level 2 certification.
$ sphere connect --range juggybank && engage