The Cyber Gym: Safely and Cost-Effectively Developing Cybersecurity Skills

Sandra Leiterman and Philip Huff

 

The cyber gym, soon to be released as open-source, provides a hands-on Google cloud learning environment flexible for both instructors and students. Instructors have access to custom-built workouts mapped to skills in the NICE Framework and Security+
Standards or instructors can create their own workouts When ready, an instructor initiates a system build for the number of students or teams in their class. From here students have access to independently control their workout both in the class and outside of the classroom.