Hands-On Cybersecurity Training
SANS Skills Quest by NetWars - Core Edition is a 6-month hands-on training solution covering a wide range of cybersecurity topics designed with challenges and hints that support continuous knowledge and skill development.
Join SANS Skills Quest by NetWars - Core Edition to help computer scientists and cryptologists of the past solve mysteries. They will test our defensive, offensive, forensic, and threat intelligence aptitude.
Flexible Access
Train and practice online anytime and anywhere. Crucial for individuals who need to balance training with other commitments, reduce travel costs, and ensure that they can delve into the material at a comfortable speed and maximize retention.
Proficiency Tool
Organizations can assess the proficiency of their teams, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that employees are up to date with our personalized scorecard, creating a customized training program for your personnel. Individual users also receive a scorecard.
Extended Engagement
With a comprehensive content selection, the extended access allows users to explore the intricacies of a topic thoroughly, particularly valuable for practitioners who aim to master complex topics in information security at their own pace.
Key Specs
- Focus Areas: Core, multi-disciplinary
- CPEs: Up to 12
- Delivery: Online
- Leaderboard: No
- Levels: All
- Minimum Seats: 1
- Moderator Required: No
- Player Mode: Solo & Team
- Run Time: 6 months
- Scorecard: Yes
Example Task:
The Grace Hopper Fan Club has a debugger platform that's been attacked by malicious actors. Use the web log, a packet capture, guided questions, and hints to figure out what happened, who did it, and what follow-on actions they should expect from the threat!
Example Topics:
- Bash and PowerShell skills
- Scanning and enumeration
- Web application security
- Cyber threat intelligence
- Malware analysis
- Cryptographic security and exploitation
- Exploitation and shellcoding
Computer Requirements:
- 8GB of RAM
- Internet Access
- Browser-based: Any browser tab or in our browser-based virtual machine
- Optionally, some challenge assets can be downloaded and analyzed locally