NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Hack The Box (HTB) is redefining cybersecurity training, cyber readiness for humans and AI agents. Through AI-enhanced intelligence, gamified labs, live-fire simulations, and the power of one of the world’s largest cybersecurity communities, it helps teams master offensive and defensive skills through real-world scenarios. Over 4M users and 1,500+ organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, trust HTB.

HTB’s learning ecosystem includes courses, certifications, realistic labs and cyber ranges, SOC analyst simulators, tabletop and crisis simulations, Capture The Flag and team exercises, talent search and candidate assessment, bridging technical execution with business continuity. More than 20 million drill-hours are executed annually, enabling security teams to continuously practice detection, investigation, escalation, and response under pressure.

In 2025, HTB introduced several innovations:

AI Range: World’s First Controlled Cyber Range for AI-Human Defense

As AI reshapes the threat landscape, HTB introduced HTB AI Range, the world’s first controlled AI cyber range built to test and benchmark the safety, limits and capabilities of autonomous AI security agents. Just as HTB has upskilled more than 4 million cybersecurity professionals, HTB is now battle-testing LLMs and their agents.

HTB AI Range replicates live, high-stakes scenarios, where AI security models and agents are evaluated, benchmarked, and reinforced. It’s purpose-built for Frontier Labs, hyperscale enterprises, Agentic security vendors, governments and MSSPs seeking to stress-test AI models, validate safety, and benchmark performance against frameworks, including MITRE ATT&CK, NIST/NICE and OWASP Top 10.

Threat Range: Enterprise Crisis Simulation

Threat Range was designed to provide operational insights for executives and board members. It delivers measurable outcomes in resilience and risk reduction, giving CISOs and boards greater confidence in their security investments. The team-based cyber incident simulation platform immerses SOC, DFIR, threat hunting, and executive leadership teams in live, enterprise-scale breach scenarios. Threat Range simulates full attack lifecycles with measurable business outcomes, including improvements in Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR).

Let’s Defend Acquisition: Advancing Defensive Security Readiness

HTB acquired LetsDefend, a leading blue team training platform known for hands-on SOC simulations, accelerating its expansion in enterprise-ready defensive security training. Building on the company’s existing offensive and defensive capabilities, this addition deepens real-world, operations-focused training. Together, the platforms offer hands-on labs, real-world simulations, and cross-role skill development to help enterprises, governments, MSSPs, and academic institutions continuously benchmark, upskill, and certify their cyber workforce, training offensive, defensive, and hybrid teams in integrated attack-and-defend environments with measurable, continuous readiness.