Cybersecurity training system and process
View Patent ↗A system and process for operating a cybersecurity training platform, providing an immersive and hands-on learning experience through a secure virtual machine and simulated environment with real-world vulnerabilities, which is customized and provisioned on-demand using automation and artificial intelligence.
1. A cyber simulation training platform system providing a remotely accessible, on-demand, customizable using an administrative interface, and gamified teaching and learning environment for developing skills and experience of a user to respond to cybersecurity threats and attacks comprising:
a web portal connected to a hardware processor, such that the cyber simulation training platform system is operable in a dedicated tenancy cloud environment;
a virtual machine connected to the web portal; the virtual machine comprising a plurality of security tools and a browser; where the security tools comprise offensive or defensive security functionalities;
a challenge server connected to the virtual machine; the challenge server comprising a plurality of challenges; where the challenges simulate intentionally vulnerable targets adapted for cybersecurity training; where each of the challenges requires using one or more of the security tools to complete the challenge; where the plurality of challenges comprise varying degrees of difficulty;
a scoreboard server connected to the virtual machine; the scoreboard server comprising a score awarded to the user for each of the challenges the user completes; the score for each of the challenges being commensurate with the degree of difficulty of each of the challenges; the score being viewable by the user.
2. The cyber simulation training platform system of claim 1 further comprising a scoreboard map.
3. The cyber simulation training platform system of claim 1 further comprising a scoreboard map comprising a hyperlink to the cybersecurity training challenge.
4. The cyber simulation training platform system of claim 1 further comprising a management portal.
5. The cyber simulation training platform system of claim 1 where the web portal is a secure web portal.
6. The cyber simulation training platform system of claim 1 where the virtual machine further comprises a graphical user interface.
7. The cyber simulation training platform system of claim 1 further comprising one or more additional virtual machines.