Cyber War Center
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Build it right. Defend it always.
Join architects and engineers worldwide shaping the future of cybersecurity through technical concepts, models, and our Defensible 10 Standards.
Why the Cyber War Center Exists
The Center runs cyber drills with scenario-based exercises that measure real-world readiness through architecture and engineering decisions, documented evidence, and repeatable scoring.
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For SECD students completing their Cyber Capstone delivery for the School of Engineering Cyber Defense
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For Organizations: Annual simulation training and Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities assessment
Who We Serve
For Students and Emerging Practitioners
A structured simulation environment that helps you learn like an engineer, build portfolio artifacts, and complete your capstone with clear expectations.
For Industry Teams and Technical Leaders
A repeatable annual training and evaluation program that measures defensive readiness across architecture, engineering, and delivery teams, with leadership reporting that highlights capability gaps and improvement priorities.
For Builders, Not SOC Analysts
The Cyber War Center is designed for:
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cybersecurity architects
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cybersecurity engineers
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platform and infrastructure builders
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application and cloud builders
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Security by Design practitioners
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technical project leads supporting delivery teams
Two Lanes Under One Center
Lane 1: Capstone Administration for Certified Professional License (CPL)
The Cyber War Center is the simulation home for Certified Professional License capstones. Students complete a structured scenario, produce a defensible portfolio, and receive a scored Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities profile aligned to role expectations.
Delivered in partnership with the School of Engineering Cyber Defense.
Lane 2: Industry Simulation Training and Workforce Evaluation
Organizations enroll teams for annual simulation training that meets internal readiness goals and supports workforce development requirements. Each participant receives an individual Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities profile. Management receives a consolidated readiness report for planning training, staffing, and technical improvements.
What Makes the Cyber War Center Different
Architecture and Engineering First
Participants not only react to events. They design defensible systems and justify decisions through architecture diagrams, control selection, and measurable acceptance criteria.
Built for Infrastructure and Systems
Scenarios focus on securing infrastructure, platforms, workloads, applications, data flows, and identity boundaries across enterprise and cloud environments.
Defensible Artifacts, Not Guesswork
Every exercise produces structured outputs that can be reviewed, scored, and improved over time. Participants use the ISAUnited Mechanism Catalog and diagram stencils to ensure consistency, clarity, and technical rigor.
Opposing Force, Defensive Intent
The Center uses an opposing force narrative to create realism, urgency, and decision pressure. Adversary content is presented only to improve defensive reasoning and evidence-based design, not to teach intrusion tradecraft.
Get Started
For the School of Engineering Cyber Defense
Enroll in your program pathway and complete your capstone inside the Cyber War Center when you reach the submission stage.
Enroll as a Student | Learn About Capstones.
For Organizations
Contact us below to choose a simulation track and set your annual readiness and evaluation plan.
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