Building a Virtualized Cybersecurity Lab: Using Industry Support, Academic Programs and Open Source Solution for Setting-Up a Virtualized Cybersecurity Lab

Abstract

The domain of cyber security has gained an increased importance in the industry that is naturally reflected in the universities curricula that have included security courses and dedicated programs in their offer. The scope of this paper is to describe the requirements of a cybersecurity virtual platform, the basic mandatory tools to be included and the methods for building a flexible and extensible cyber security laboratory, taking benefit of industry support, academic programs and open source implementations.