About Serge Truth

Cybersecurity expertise transformed into practical learning

Serge Truth is a cybersecurity content, learning-systems, and technical program leader with 15+ years of experience across application security, secure software, cloud security, incident response, hands-on labs, AI security, compliance, and technical education.

He created Truth Surge to publish practical cybersecurity courses, assessments, labs, and reusable learning systems.

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200Published courses
Illustrated, narrated, and assessment-driven technical learning
150+Hands-on labs
Threat-informed scenarios for developers, analysts, and red teams
15+Years in cybersecurity
From infrastructure and penetration testing to learning architecture and security research

The work behind the platform

Building cybersecurity learning at technical depth

Serge's work combines cybersecurity subject-matter expertise with curriculum architecture, technical writing, lab design, assessment development, multimedia production, and learning-platform engineering.

His background includes fourteen years leading enterprise cybersecurity curriculum at Security Innovation, followed by the design of more than 150 hands-on cyber labs at Command and Control Security. In 2026, he launched Truth Surge as a public portfolio and independent cybersecurity learning platform.

Truth Surge demonstrates the complete content lifecycle: research, instructional design, code examples, technical validation, illustrations, narration, captions, assessments, SCORM delivery, release management, and ongoing maintenance.

Technical range

Cybersecurity and technical-learning expertise

Security and software

  • Application security
  • Secure coding
  • Secure SDLC
  • Threat modeling
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • OWASP Top 10
  • CWE Top 25

Threat and response

  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • Incident response
  • DFIR
  • Threat intelligence
  • Threat hunting
  • Detection concepts
  • Red-team concepts

Cloud, AI, and governance

  • AWS and Azure security
  • AI security
  • Secure AI systems
  • NIST frameworks
  • PCI DSS
  • Risk management
  • Compliance

Learning and content systems

  • Curriculum architecture
  • Hands-on lab design
  • Assessment design
  • Adobe Captivate
  • Camtasia
  • SCORM 1.2
  • Moodle
  • LMS publishing workflows
  • Multimedia production
  • AI-assisted content operations
  • WordPress web publishing

Career timeline

Experience

2026–Present

Truth Surge

Founder & Cybersecurity Learning Systems Architect

Built a public cybersecurity learning platform containing 200 courses, structured academies, hands-on assessments, reusable technical components, and AI-assisted production workflows.

2024–2026

Command and Control Security

Senior Cyber Lab Architect

Designed and deployed more than 150 hands-on cybersecurity labs for developers, security analysts, and red teams, including threat-informed scenarios, secure-development exercises, validation, and learner feedback.

2010–2024

Security Innovation

Senior Security Content Architect

Led enterprise cybersecurity curriculum, technical standards, SME and editor workflows, quality assurance, and portfolio roadmaps across secure software, cloud security, compliance, incident response, and risk management.

Earlier experience includes Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, firewalls, VPNs, networking, and authorized penetration testing.

Foundation

Education and credentials

University of Massachusetts Amherst

B.S. Computer Science

Concentration in Information Assurance

  • CompTIA Security+
  • NSTISSI 4011Information Systems Security Professionals
  • CNSSI 4013System Administrators

Verified destinations

Explore the work

Truth Surge courses

Browse public cybersecurity courses, academies, and learning paths.

Browse courses GitHub

Review source code, demonstrations, and reusable technical components.

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View Serge's professional background and current work.

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Watch technical demonstrations and Truth Surge media.

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Collaboration

Ways to work together

Truth Surge supports organizations that need technically accurate cybersecurity learning, structured content systems, hands-on assessments, or clear explanations of complex security topics.

  • Cybersecurity curriculum and course development
  • Technical content architecture
  • Hands-on lab and assessment design
  • Customer and workforce education
  • Secure-software and application-security content
  • Framework and compliance education
  • AI-security and secure-AI learning
  • SCORM and LMS-ready learning products
  • Technical content review and quality assurance

Employment, consulting, and collaboration

Contact Serge

For employment opportunities, consulting, course development, technical-content partnerships, or cybersecurity learning projects, contact Serge directly.

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