SimSpace, the leading provider of realistic and intelligent cyber ranges for elite cybersecurity teams, announced the Early Access Program for its upgraded SimSpace Cyber Range Platform. This move represents a significant step forward in how organizations train and test simultaneously to strengthen cyber readiness and resilience in an era dominated by AI threats.

Traditionally, training and testing have operated in silos, leaving both human operators and AI systems evaluated in isolation rather than in real-world conditions. SimSpace identifies this critical flaw as the “Train / Test Gap.” As cyber threats increasingly leverage autonomous AI that adapts in real time, conventional training-only approaches can no longer deliver measurable confidence. Research indicates that while organizations value realistic simulation testing, implementation remains fragmented, and security teams struggle to prove the effectiveness of AI in operational environments.

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To overcome these challenges, SimSpace has integrated training and testing into a single, production-grade environment. This platform enables individuals, teams, and entire organizations to safely train, test, and validate offensive and defensive capabilities across people, processes, and technologies. By repeatedly simulating complex operations including cloud infrastructure, production tools, human behavior, and adaptive AI organizations can truly claim operational readiness.

“Autonomous AI attacks are pushing the asymmetry between offense and defense to a breaking point, and defenders can’t afford to rely on isolated training or theoretical testing anymore,” said Clint Sand, Chief Product and Engineering Officer of SimSpace. “What’s required now is a full lifecycle approach. Training, testing, and validating in realistic conditions that reflect how systems actually operate. Organizations need to adopt AI rapidly, but they also need to manage the operational risk of deploying unproven autonomous agents. With Early Access, SimSpace provides a responsive, adversarial environment where teams can validate people, processes, technologies, and AI together. Before those capabilities are trusted in the real world.”

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The platform’s major upgrades include:

  • Intelligent Self-Service Range Design and Automation: AI-assisted workflows and infrastructure-as-code allow teams to deploy complex environments in minutes.
  • Intuitive Range Management: The Range Workbench offers drag-and-drop visual design, code editor support, and end-to-end versioning for realistic scenario simulation.
  • Comprehensive Security Benchmarking: Tool Tester validates configurations in hyper-realistic test environments, providing analytics for detection engineering and scenario planning.
  • Enhanced Live-Fire Exercises: Team Trainer streamlines planning, execution, and repetition of mission-driven exercises, reducing overhead while supporting flexible event design.
  • Enterprise and Partner Ecosystem Support: API-first architecture enables secure integrations, automation, and scalable workflows.

Sand emphasized, “SimSpace was built for this moment. AI is rewriting the rules of cybersecurity. Realism determines resilience, and training/testing convergence defines the organizations that will stay ahead. Early Access is the first step toward a new standard in the fight against the enemy: one where what gets trained is proven and what gets tested is trusted.”

By bridging the Train / Test Gap, SimSpace empowers organizations to face AI-driven threats with confidence, marking a pivotal shift in cybersecurity preparedness.

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