Intro to Workshops

ThreatSims Workshops are mini courses designed to be pre-packaged, self-paced, and hands-on learning experience in cybersecurity. Each workshop covers a specific topic and is broken down into byte-sized chapters, exercise labs, solvable questions, and solution guides.

ThreatSims Workshops focus on practical, scenario-based learning in cybersecurity. Our platform allows you to:

• Progress at your own pace
• Engage with hands-on labs and solvable questions
• Learn uninterruptedly with Guided Solutions

Workshop Structure

All ThreatSims workshops have a consistent structure to cover versatile topics. Let’s discuss the key components that make up a workshop:

Chapters
A workshop can have many chapters depending on the workshop length. Each chapter is a self-contained module that covers a specific aspect of the main topic.

Each chapter can have the following components:

1. Lesson

   • Each chapter contains a lesson that covers the topic of the chapter.
   • This is the main textual content of the chapter.

2. Exercise

   • Exercise is an optional component to a chapter.
   • Offers a hands-on environment for you to apply theoretical concepts to practice.
   • An Exercise component contains the following three sections:

     • Exercise Lab: A cloud lab, a downloadable artifact, or a set of questions to complete the exercise.

     • Exercise Info: A description of the exercise and a task for you to complete.

     • Exercise Solution: A solution guide to the exercise.

3. Chapter Solvables

   • Chapter solvables are optional components to chapters.
   • If available, they must be solved in order to complete the chapter.
   • Solvables are a set of questions or challenges that reinforce the learning of the chapter.
   • Solvables can be a quiz from the lesson content, a CTF flag of the exercise, or a set of questions.

Workshop details

Visit the Workshops  page to view all available workshops.

You can search and filter workshops by category, and difficulty level.

Select the workshop of your choice to view the workshop details. Here’s an example of a workshop details card:

From the details card, you can see the following:

• The “Offensive Security” badge indicates the workshop is about offensive security.
• The “Beginner” badge indicates the workshop is suitable for beginners.
• The “3 Hours” badge indicates that the average time to complete the workshop is 3 hours.
• The “9 Chapters” badge indicates that the workshop has 9 chapters.
• The “250 Credits” badge indicates that the workshop costs 250 credits to enroll.

Below the details card, you can find the workshop summary and chapters list to get an overview of the workshop.

The chapters with the stack icon contains a lab exercise.

To learn more about how to progress through the workshop and practice the lab exercises, please refer to the Workshop Guide.

Self-Paced Model

ThreatSims Workshops are not instructor-led. You can:

• Start and pause at any time
• Revisit or redo chapters and labs indefinitely if you have an active enrollment
• Access your workshop content forever once purchased

Time Commitment

Each workshop varies in length and depends on the complexity of the topic and the pace of the learner. Average completion time for each workshop is mentioned in the workshop listing page.

Workshop Pricing

Each workshop has a different price depending on the complexity of the topic. In general, our workshop prices convert to between $5 - $30 USD.

With each purchase of a workshop you get the following:

• Access to the workshop content with no expiration and future updates are included.
• Access to the workshop lab exercises with sufficient lab time for the duration of the enrollment.
• A certificate of completion.

Workshops are priced with ThreatSims Credits. ThreatSims Credits is our platform’s internal currency. You can use them to purchase workshops, and extend lab time. Learn more about ThreatSims Credits on our pricing page .

If you have an enrollment key, you can unlock the workshop for limited time. You can later re-enroll into the workshop at a substantial discount if your access is expired.

Workshop Access

To access a workshop you have to enroll via an enrollment package. There are two ways to enroll:

1. Purchase Workshop: If a workshop is paid, there is always a paid enrollment package available to purchase and access the workshop instantly.
2. Enroll with Enrollment Key: If you have an enrollment key, you can enroll via a free enrollment package.

Once you purchase a workshop, you have access to it’s content forever including future updates. Only the lab environment is limited to the number of hours and duration of active enrollment. You can re-enroll with only the cost of additional lab time if needed.

There is a time limit to how many days before your enrollment will expire. This varies depending on the package type. Purchased workshops have a longer expiration time compared to free workshops.

Learn more on how to join a workshop in the Join a Workshop page.