Most security training stops at the entry level. HackWithZach teaches the full arc: how to get hired, how to get promoted, how to reach the architect level where the work is most leveraged. Cloud security, AI security, and API security taught together. Real systems. Real defenses. Real career outcomes.
I am Zach Marcy, online HackWithZach. I am a Cybersecurity Architect and Mentor with 20+ years of IT experience and 6 in cybersecurity. My day-to-day work is designing and securing cloud environments that deploy and secure APIs and AI.
HackWithZach is the project where I turn that work into education for people breaking into and growing within cybersecurity. SOC operations, SOC and cybersecurity architecture. Quality over quantity, depth over noise, real-world relevance above all else.
Every lesson I teach maps to a real job outcome, not an exam objective.
Cybersecurity Education That Gets You Hired, Promoted and Paid. This site is the proof.
AI security is not a single domain. It is four overlapping problem spaces, each with its own threat model. Most teams cover one or two and miss the others. This is the framework I use as a security architect to threat-model any AI system.
The model itself. How attackers turn the model against you and how to defend it.
How the model is deployed and consumed. The most expensive mistakes happen here.
Models with tools and memory. The fastest-growing attack surface in 2026.
AI-assisted development. Catching shallow bugs is not the same as designing for safety.
The 4 Pillars, 16 threats, 4 universal mitigations, and the red-team checklist. 13 pages. Free.
The blueprint to land the $145K AI Security Engineer role. No advanced degree. No extra certification. Build, attack, and harden 4 production AI systems and walk away with the portfolio artifact a hiring manager opens before they interview you.
Lifetime access. The blueprint to land the $145K role. Founding Member Discord with direct access to Zach. First 30 seats only. Moves to $197 when filled.
The AI Security Threat Model. 13 pages. The 4 Pillars, 16 threats, 4 universal mitigations, and the red-team checklist I use as a security architect.
You also receive future free trainings the day each one releases: Career Roadmap, API Vulnerabilities Walkthrough, and Cloud Security Engineer Playbook.
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