STAGE 2 · INTERACTIVE PRACTICALS

CyberForge Live Learning Lab

Learn concepts by manipulating safe simulations, inspecting realistic prepared data, executing browser-safe code and solving defensive challenges.

Realtime VisualizationsBrowser ExecutionSafe SimulationsProgress Tracking

PRACTICAL LABS

Choose a lab and perform the concept yourself

These Stage 2 labs do not scan public systems or expose an unrestricted shell. Real Nmap execution is available in Stage 3 through the downloadable CyberForge Local Lab Runner on the student PC.

NETDAY 1

Network Flow Simulator

Send safe simulated packets through PC, gateway, DNS/router and training server while inspecting addressing, ports and protocol choices.

IPv4 addressingGateway routingDNS lookupTCP vs UDP

30–45 min · Simulation

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PKTDAY 1

Packet Inspector

Inspect prepared Ethernet, IP, TCP/UDP, DNS and HTTP packet examples layer by layer.

EthernetIPv4TCP / UDPDNS

35–45 min · Simulation

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HTTPDAY 3

HTTP Request Inspector

Build GET and POST requests, inspect headers/body/cookies and see how a server response is structured.

GET / POSTHeadersQuery parametersRequest body

35–45 min · Simulation

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HASHDAY 2

Password & Hashing Lab

Evaluate password structure using non-real examples and observe SHA-256 avalanche behavior safely in the browser.

Password policyLengthCharacter classesSHA-256

30–40 min · Browser

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FWDAY 4

Firewall Rule Simulator

Create allow/block rules and test simulated traffic to understand how defensive filtering decisions are made.

Inbound rulesTCP portsAllow / blockRule order

35–50 min · Simulation

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AUTHDAY 3

Authentication & Access Control Lab

Switch between Student and Admin roles to understand authentication, authorization and server-side protection.

AuthenticationAuthorizationRole checksSessions

30–40 min · Simulation

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SOCDAY 4

Mini SOC Dashboard

Play through prepared security events, triage alerts and investigate suspicious authentication and integrity activity.

Security eventsSeverityTriageTimeline

45–60 min · Simulation

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IRDAY 4

Incident Response Simulator

Investigate a prepared incident and arrange detection, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned in order.

EvidenceTimelineContainmentEradication

45–60 min · Simulation

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SAFE BY DESIGN

Practical does not have to mean unsafe.

Stage 2 gives students interactive execution and realistic analysis while keeping network actions deterministic and contained. This is ideal for classroom understanding before moving to isolated VM/container targets.

Learn→Operate→Observe→Explain→Defend