Challenges
Fast practice, Daily Five, focused quizzes, and certification review.
Best forWarm-ups, review, independent practice
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Teach with Cyber Challenge
Cyber ChallengeFor Educators
Bring scenario-based cybersecurity practice into class without building a game, quiz bank, or student-account system yourself.
No student accountsStudents can work from shared assignment access.
Classroom readyUse one activity or build a focused sequence.
Debrief friendlyPair practice with reflection or assessment.
Choose the experience
Match the Challenge mode to the teaching goal.
Start with what you need students to do: recall, decide, practice, or progress through a sequence.
Cyber Missions
Story-driven scenarios where decisions move the case forward.
Best forDiscussion, decision-making, debriefs
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Cyber Arcade
Game-based cybersecurity practice designed for repeatable skill building.
Best forStations, review days, engagement
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Skill Paths
Guided sequences that turn scattered practice into a clear learning route.
Best forMulti-day work, remediation, enrichment
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Which one should I use?
Choose by classroom purpose.
Use Challenges for a short practice set, Daily Five, focused topic review, or certification reinforcement.
Use Cyber Missions when you want scenario analysis, branching choices, class discussion, and a structured debrief.
Use the Cyber Arcade for game-based repetition, review periods, stations, or a low-friction practice option.
Use Skill Paths when learners need structure across several activities, remediation, enrichment, or role-focused practice.
Make it work for your class
One platform. Several teaching patterns.
Warm-up or exit ticket
Run one short activity before instruction or use it to close with a quick application check.
Scenario discussion
Pause after a mission decision and have learners explain what they chose, what they noticed, and what they would do differently.
Individual or small-group practice
Assign the same activity to everyone or let pairs compare different routes and results.
Skill-building station
Use Arcade or focused Challenges as one station inside a larger lab, project, or review day.
Reflection and evidence
Bring the activity back into a worksheet, rubric, discussion prompt, or student-provided completion record.
Career exploration
Pair role-oriented scenarios with career-pathway discussions and the skills learners used during the activity.
Coming next
In DevelopmentDecision Point CISO
Extend challenge-based learning into executive decision-making. Decision Point CISO is being built for educators who want learners to weigh risk, people, budget, incidents, communication, and business priorities when there is no perfect answer.
- Leadership decisionsMove beyond technical answers into tradeoffs, consequences, and priorities.
- Scenario-based teachingUse branching situations for discussion, teamwork, reflection, and assessment.
- Built for educatorsPair the experience with rubrics, debriefs, assignments, and instructor guidance in the Hub.
Educator Workspace
Build a focused assignment without creating a roster.
Select supported Challenge activities, add directions, and share the assignment in the format that works for your classroom.
- 1Choose activitiesSelect the exact practice you want students to complete.
- 2Add directionsSet context, expectations, and what students should submit or discuss.
- 3Share itUse an assignment code, direct link, printable sheet, QR code, or reusable educator file.
- 4Students complete the workNo class roster or student account is required for Assignment Mode.
- 5Debrief and assessUse the Hub’s worksheet, rubric, assessment, or discussion tools after the activity.
Supporting classroom materials
Plan before play. Debrief after.
The Challenge activity is the practice. These Hub resources help turn it into a complete lesson.
Standard Editable Lesson-Plan Template
A reusable planning template for outcomes, evidence, preparation, safety, activities, and reflection.
Open resourceStudent and Learner Worksheets
Worksheets for classification, message evidence, risk maps, timelines, source evaluation, and career evidence.
Open resourceEditable Assessment Tools
Assessment blueprints and rubrics for performance, ethical reasoning, presentations, and capstones.
Open resourceInstructor Assessment Toolkit
Use blueprints, rubrics, capstone guidance, and controlled instructor-only assessment resources when Challenge practice feeds a graded activity.
Open instructor toolkitReady to use it?
Bring Cyber Challenge into your next lesson.
Start with one activity, then build out the worksheet, discussion, or assessment around what students actually did.