Do we need Moodle, Canvas or another LMS to use CyberRange?
No. CyberRange is a complete teaching platform. Course management, enrolment, assignments, assessment, live scoreboard and lecturer analytics are all built in. There is nothing else to deploy or license alongside it. Universities run CyberRange as a standalone system; there is no Moodle, Canvas or Blackboard dependency.
Is CyberRange mapped to the UK QAA Computing Subject Benchmark?
Yes, and we are the only browser-based academic lab platform that is. Each lab is tagged to specific QAA learning outcomes, making accreditation evidence straightforward for course directors and QAA panels. The mapping is also useful for ACE-CSE and Tech First applications.
How are students isolated from each other?
Every student receives a private, containerised environment with its own network namespace and OpenVPN tunnel. Cross-contamination is impossible. Students cannot reach each other's labs unless explicitly placed into a shared team workspace by a lecturer. The isolation model has been tested at cohort scales of 500+ concurrent students.
What does CyberRange cost compared to commercial cyber-range platforms?
CyberRange is institution-licensed, typically 10 to 100 times lower than per-seat commercial platforms such as Hack The Box for Business or Immersive Labs. Pricing is per-cohort or per-institution, not per-student. We will quote against your specific student numbers and the disciplines you need.
Does CyberRange support SSO and Shibboleth?
Yes. SAML 2.0, OIDC and Shibboleth federated authentication are supported, allowing seamless single-sign-on with your university identity provider. JISC Federation is supported out of the box.
Is CyberRange GDPR compliant? Where is student data stored?
Yes. CyberRange is GDPR-compliant and operates under a UK-based data controller. Student data is held within the UK or EU at the customer's choice, is never used for training third-party models, and is deleted on request or at end-of-cohort per your institution's retention policy.
Can CyberRange be deployed on-premise?
Yes. CyberRange is fully containerised and can be deployed on a university's own infrastructure (on-prem or private cloud) or consumed as a managed service. Most institutions start with the managed service for the pilot, then evaluate on-prem for production.
Can we run CTF competitions and inter-university events?
Yes. The same challenge infrastructure that backs a taught module will run a timed competition, with team registration, a live scoreboard, per-challenge scoring and flag submission. Institutions use it for internal cohort competitions, open days and inter-university events, then reuse the challenges as coursework afterwards.
What support and SLA do we get?
Standard institutional licences include 24×5 support during UK working hours with a 4-hour response SLA, plus 24×7 critical-incident response. Premium support and dedicated technical account management are available for larger deployments.