Move strengthens Hack The Box’s Enterprise, AI, and Blue Team Cybersecurity Upskilling Ecosystem

Hack The Box, a global leader in gamified cybersecurity skills development, announced that it has acquired LetsDefend, a pioneering blue team upskilling platform known for its hands-on SOC simulations and growing community members. The combination of Hack The Box and LetsDefend will offer hands-on labs, real-world simulations, and cross-role skill development to empower enterprises, governments, MSSPs, and academic institutions to continuously benchmark, upskill, and certify their cyber workforce. This unified approach will drive more predictable security outcomes, reduce risk, and create high-performing cyber teams for organizations.

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This strategic acquisition unites two of cybersecurity’s most vibrant communities and product offerings into one powerful ecosystem, advancing how organizations and individuals develop their cybersecurity knowledge and preparedness. With access to an expanded offering of full-spectrum, hands-on cyber defense upskilling, both red and blue teams will benefit from deeply integrated attack-and-defend scenarios, increased learning paths, and a collaborative ecosystem designed to enhance technical depth and operational readiness.

“Today’s cyber threats demand that security professionals upskill in a holistic, predictive way,” said Haris Pylarinos, Founder & CEO at Hack The Box. “Together with LetsDefend, we will provide a one-stop platform where aspiring penetration testers and SOC analysts can learn side by side, effectively gamifying the entire cyber kill chain. This collaboration delivers to our community and organizations an unparalleled environment to prepare for and overcome real-world cyber warfare.”

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LetsDefend, founded in 2021, has quickly grown into a go-to platform for blue team practitioners, boasting a community of over 320,000 users across 150+ countries. Its cloud-based virtual SOC enables users to experience being a security analyst in a safe, educational environment.

“By accelerating LetsDefend’s vision with our in-house AI, we’re turning a virtual SOC experience into a living range where learners face the same AI-related tactics adversaries use,” said Gerasimos Marketos, Chief Product Officer at Hack The Box. “The data backs it up: recent HTB competitions show AI agents and LLM-assisted operations can rival top human teams. This isn’t a threat to learners; it’s a head start.”

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Source: businesswire

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