Cyber Labs are the premium tier above missions. Students don't just answer questions — they analyze real email headers, defend live networks, and probe AI systems for vulnerabilities. This is what cybersecurity actually looks like.
Each lab is a 40–50 minute deep-dive. No multiple choice. Students interact with simulated systems, make judgment calls, and see the consequences.
Analyze real email headers and build phishing filters
Go beyond spotting phishing emails — learn to dissect the raw headers, trace the actual sending server, and build a simple filter rule that would have blocked it. Students work through 5 escalating cases pulled from real-world phishing kits.
Defend a school network from AI-driven attacks
Take control of a simulated school network: configure a firewall, triage live alert logs, and block an AI-assisted intrusion in real time. The attacker adapts — so static rules aren't enough. Students learn why defense-in-depth matters.
Explore prompt injection, deepfake detection, and AI ethics
The frontier lab. Students craft prompt injection attacks against a sandboxed AI model, run deepfake detection classifiers on image sets, and work through 3 AI ethics scenarios with no clear right answer. Designed for grades 10–12.
The Arena brings competitive pressure to cybersecurity training. Schools compete on Lab scores, daily challenge streaks, and mission completion rates — in real-time brackets or async season formats.
Passive video-based curricula see 40% knowledge retention after 30 days. Hands-on simulation-based training consistently exceeds 70%. Labs are why.
Students make decisions under simulated pressure. Every wrong turn gets an instant debrief explaining why it failed. The failure is the lesson.
Phishing headers from actual kits. Firewall configs from real breach reports. AI safety scenarios pulled from 2025 incident logs. The scenarios are real.
Each lab generates a skill score — not just pass/fail. Teachers see which students can identify prompt injection vs. those who can't. Actionable data.
The AI Safety Lab's prompt injection module is the same skill OWASP tracks as the #1 LLM vulnerability. Students learn professional-grade concepts.
Every lab maps to specific CSTA 9–12 standards and NICE Workforce Framework Knowledge Areas — documentation ready for district curriculum approval.
Each lab is designed to fit a 50-minute class period. Students who finish early unlock bonus challenges. No one sits idle.
Cyber Labs are included in the educator pilot — free for 30 days. Start today and have students running their first lab by end of week one.