Instance Lab
Instance lab has been established since 2018, as part of the Master program in Information Security with great success and recognition. The Lab has since evolved into a more dynamic platform that can serve not only education within Information Security, but a platform with an adaptable application layer for creating the possibility to change application domains feasible for specific need for any firm, organization or scenario at any given time.
Introducing Instance Lab, for practical cyber security training on distance, virtually, or physically. The objective is to provide an interactive platform for practical, hands-on learning using realistic scenarios, tailored exercises, and gamified challenges. Instance Lab emphasizes a safe, isolated training environment where users dare test, experiment, and do faults.
Instance Lab provide a flexible platform for any information security topic in a safe, dynamic and isolated environment. The labplatform provides the ability to practice and exercise custom scenarios, on distance, virtually or physically that suits your need. Tailor scenarios based on your needs, like cybersecurity training for employees, threat intelligence teaching, stress or penetration testing of your services and products. The name Instance comes from the philosophy that every scenario requires dedicated and isolated IT environments, instances, that can be created and deployed on demand.
Services & Solutions
Cyber Safety Awareness Training
As acts of human error or failure remains one of the largest threats to organizations along side ever more sophisticated cyber attacks, employees are both the target as well as the first line of defense.
- Train employees to identify phishing, ransomware, social engineering and other threats
- Maximize employee productivity by reducing malware and other IT-security issues on employee computers
- Satisfy compliance requirements for employees
Threat Response and Mitigation
Malicious content, deliberate software attacks, hardware and software failure threatens your organization's brand, reputation and customers. These threats, both digital and physical, requires instant remediation, no matter the time of day or night. A sophisticated response requires robust tactics and mitigation strategies, that has been prepared and exercised.
- Simulate technical software failure or errors
- Exercise real time attacks including deliberate software attacks, qualityofservice deviations from service providers or denialofservice
- Plan rapid response to common online threats, such as malware, phishing, stolen credentials, rogue applications and more...
Risk Management
There are many ways of managing your organization's risks, and is defendant on knowledge and experience. Being able to customize a sophisticated threat analysis for your organization requires guidance and practice.
- Actionable risk identification, evaluation and analysis
- Ability to analyze threat impact on your organization
- Cyber attack surface analysis and likelihood
Benefits & Usage
Teaching and Learning
The Instance Lab aims at providing a safe learning platform covering the latest trends within teaching and Information Security.
Research and Development
The Instance Lab's platform allows for more than just cyber security related topics. The Lab can meet many other IT related needs, such as a research platform for IoT, critical control systems or simply act as a test and development environment for digital services and products.
Training and Testing
There is a difference between know about and know how. Within Instance Lab, realistic scenarios can be used to train and test both response and effectiveness, to gain practical experience and knowhow.
Contact
Johan Lugnet
- Associate Professor
- 0920-491201
- johan.lugnet@ltu.se
- Johan Lugnet
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