We train the next generation of cyber defenders. Rigorous, practitioner-led certification programmes built for professionals who operate in the real world.
ACD certifications are not course completions. They are competency-based credentials earned through rigorous selection, live instruction, and assessed performance.
Anomaly Certified Security Operations Specialist
The flagship ACD programme. Eight weeks of live, instructor-led training spanning SOC operations and digital forensics and incident response. Designed for professionals who need to operate from day one — not graduates who need six more months of on-the-job learning.
Anomaly Certified Digital Forensics Specialist
An advanced programme focused exclusively on digital forensics — malware analysis, disk and memory forensics, chain of custody, and expert witness reporting. Built for practitioners who need to go deeper than generalist incident response training allows.
ACD takes on a limited number of consulting engagements for organisations with serious security needs. Not a service catalogue — a conversation.
Our work spans digital forensics and incident response, security operations maturity, threat intelligence, and crisis preparedness. Engagements are taken selectively — we work with organisations where we can make a genuine difference. If you have a serious requirement, reach out directly to discuss your needs. We do not respond to speculative or volume enquiries.
The gap between knowing cyber security and being able to practise it is where most training fails.
Anomaly Cyber Defence was founded to close that gap. Our programmes are built around operational competence — the ability to sit in a SOC, run an investigation, contain a breach, and write a report that holds up under scrutiny. We don't issue certificates for attendance. We build defenders.
ACD is founded by Adarsh Lal, a cyber security professional with hands-on experience across security operations and incident response. Registered in New Zealand and operating across the Asia-Pacific region, ACD brings international standards to a market that deserves better than what generic training providers currently offer.
Applications for ACSS Cohort 1, consulting enquiries, and general correspondence — all through here.
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