Development of cyber range platform for cybersecurity beginners

Abstract

This article presents a detailed analysis of existing solutions in the field of upskilling novice cybersecurity specialists. Based on this analysis, our team developed a cyber range platform called HackerPlace. This platform enables aspiring cybersecurity specialists to carry out a series of tasks, including network scanning, searching for personal data available on the Internet, as well as launching attacks on various infrastructures. The platform was developed using the Python Django framework. A key feature of the platform is the administrator panel, which allows monitoring of learners' progress and provides the capability to evaluate task completion times for identifying particularly challenging tasks. This article provides an extensive description of the development work performed and the results from testing the platform among graduates of the "Cybersecurity" educational program.