Teacher-centric, hands-on-first

Institutions train them. Employers verify them.

Nexix Academy is one platform for browser-based labs, assessment and cohort tracking, built for universities, colleges, private institutes and independent instructors, with hands-on candidate assessment and recruitment CTFs for the companies that hire them.

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The ecosystem

One platform, two sides of the same gap

Institutions need to prove their graduates can actually perform. Employers need to know before they hire. Both problems are solved by the same thing: people doing real work in a real environment, and a record of what they did.

  • What institutions run

  • Cohorts & batches

    Departments, sections and semesters with role-based access.

  • Browser-based labs

    Managed, isolated environments. No installs, no local VMs.

  • Syllabus mapping

    Labs aligned to semester plans and learning outcomes.

  • Assessments

    Timed, practical challenges that measure performance, not recall.

Nexix Academy

The managed lab environment both sides work in

  • What employers get

  • Candidate assessment

    Every candidate performs the same task in the same environment.

  • Recruitment CTFs

    A fully managed event, with per-participant solve data afterwards.

  • Evidenced skill

    Reports and certificates showing what a person actually completed.

For institutions For employers
Meet Nexix Academy

One system to run practical training end‑to‑end

Students access practical exercises directly from the browser. Instructors manage assignments and cohorts. Institutions monitor progress through analytics and assessment reports, instead of stitching together separate tools for content, labs, testing and tracking.

For students

Practice in a ready-made browser environment, no setup, no local install.

For instructors

Assign labs, build cohorts and track every learner from a single dashboard.

For institutions

Measure practical outcomes with analytics and assessment reporting.

Inside the platform

Built for the person running the course

Not a video library with a quiz bolted on. A working environment where you plan the term, publish the labs and see who is actually progressing.

Hands-on labs

Real tools, real targets, guided every step

A student opens a managed attacker desktop in the browser and a live target machine spins up beside it. They run the actual tooling against an actual host, with guided questions alongside the terminal, so someone who stalls gets a hint instead of a dead end.

No VM to download, no setup to get wrong, and the same environment for every learner in the cohort.

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A lab session in the browser: a Linux attacker desktop running a port scan against a target machine, with a guided question and a hint control beside the terminal
Modules

A catalogue of ready-to-run labs

Enable published modules for your cohorts in a click, or request a custom target machine built to a specific CVE, stack or attack path. Every environment is managed, isolated and reset between uses.

See all capabilities
app.nexixsecurity.training/modules
Module catalogue with a request form for a custom target machine, and a list of submitted module requests
Course plans

Map a term to your own syllabus

Plan a course the way your department already writes it: term, groups, weeks, machines, files and capstones. Publish any item as an assignment when the week comes round.

See the curriculum
app.nexixsecurity.training/course-plans
Course plans view showing semester-mapped courses with foundation and term labels
Progress

See who is stuck, not just who submitted

Student groups, per-learner progress, active lab sessions and approvals in one place. The reporting that turns "we ran the module" into evidence a department can put in front of leadership.

For institutions
app.nexixsecurity.training/progress
Progress view with student groups, student progress, active lab sessions and approvals tabs
The Challenge

Why practical education falls short

Most cybersecurity programmes hit the same operational walls. A purpose-built lab delivery platform removes them.

Theory-heavy curriculum

Students finish courses but lack hands-on exposure to the tools and decisions used in real work.

Complex infrastructure setup

Running labs locally demands IT effort, hardware and troubleshooting before a session even starts.

Inconsistent environments

When every student builds their own setup, outcomes vary wildly. Standardised access fixes it.

Weak practical assessment

Traditional exams measure recall, not applied skill. Institutions can't tell who can actually perform.

Poor visibility for faculty

Without centralised tracking, instructors can't see who's progressing, who's stuck or who's disengaged.

Core Capabilities

Everything you need to deliver practical training

A complete toolkit for offensive and defensive learning, cohort governance, assessment and reporting.

Offensive & Defensive Security Labs

Guided exercises, vulnerable targets, capture-the-flag challenges and defensive scenarios, from pentesting to incident response and threat analysis.

Centralised User & Cohort Management

Onboard students, create groups and assign instructors from one dashboard, with role-based admin, instructor and learner views across batches and semesters.

Advanced Reporting & Analytics

Track learner activity, lab completion and cohort performance. Spot inactive students and address learning gaps with clear visibility into outcomes.

Assessments & Practical Evaluations

Assignments, practical assessments and timed challenges for continuous assessment, practical tests and capstone exercises, with integrated performance tracking.

Real-World Scenario Exercises

Scenario-based labs and challenge environments that build problem-solving skills, tool proficiency and placement-ready confidence.

Syllabus Mapping & Custom Content

Map labs to institutional syllabi, semester plans and learning outcomes. Custom modules and tailored environments fit specific courses and certifications.

Curriculum & Delivery

A hands-on-first curriculum your faculty control

Teacher-centric by design. Instructors map modules to their syllabus, assign labs and assess outcomes, while students learn by doing instead of only reading.

Comprehensive Curriculum

A structured path across fundamentals and advanced topics: network security, cryptography, ethical hacking, incident response and compliance.

Hands-on Labs

Interactive exercises in a simulated environment: work with real security tools, run penetration tests and respond to live incident scenarios.

Real-World Case Studies

Analysis of real cybersecurity incidents so learners see how security principles apply in practical, high-stakes situations.

Capstone Projects

Practical capstones that require learners to tackle complex, end-to-end cybersecurity challenges and demonstrate applied skill.

Topics covered
  • Network Security
  • Cryptography
  • Ethical Hacking
  • Incident Response
  • Compliance
Built for you

Three ways in, one environment

Universities · Colleges · Institutes

For Institutions

Run standardised, measurable practical training across departments and cohorts, without the infrastructure overhead.

  • Governance across batches, departments, sections and semesters
  • Role-based administrative, instructor and learner views
  • Syllabus mapping and custom, outcome-aligned modules
  • Faculty visibility and placement-readiness reporting
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Independent Instructors

For Instructors

Spin up cohorts, assign hands-on labs and track learners, with zero infrastructure to build or maintain.

  • Launch labs and challenges in minutes, fully in the browser
  • Create groups and invite learners with a link
  • Assessments and timed challenges out of the box
  • Per-learner progress tracking and activity logs
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Employers · Recruiters

For Corporates

Find out whether a candidate can do the work before you hire them, using the same managed lab environment your future hires trained in.

  • Hands-on candidate assessment, identical task per candidate
  • Fully managed recruitment CTFs, on campus or remote
  • Per-participant solve data and completion reports
  • Certificates for assessments and events
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From classroom to offer letter

What employers do with it

We do not supply candidates. We give the people you are already talking to a way to demonstrate practical skill, and give you the record of what they did.

01

Candidate skills assessment

Send a candidate a hands-on scenario instead of a multiple-choice test. Offensive and defensive tasks, performed in a standardised browser environment, so two candidates' results actually mean the same thing.

02

Recruitment CTFs

Run a branded capture-the-flag event for a campus drive or an open call. We host the platform, build the challenges and run the live scoreboard, then hand you the per-participant solve data.

03

Verified skill reports

A per-candidate record of what was completed, verified because it was performed in our environment rather than self-reported on a CV. Certificates for assessments and events included.

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CTF-as-a-Service

Run a fully-managed capture-the-flag event

Fests, inter-collegiate competitions, recruitment drives, we host the platform, build the challenges and run the live scoreboard end-to-end.

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Market Insights

Why cybersecurity skills matter now

Demand for job-ready security talent is outpacing supply. Practical training is how institutions close that gap, and how employers spot who has already closed it.

Cybersecurity market size

The global cybersecurity market was valued at USD 202.72 billion in 2022 and is projected to grow at a 12.3% CAGR from 2023 to 2030.

Demand for professionals

Cybersecurity is an in-demand skill, with an estimated 3.5 million unfilled roles in 2023. Professionals in India earn between ₹6 LPA and ₹32 LPA on average.

The employer's side of the gap

A certificate says someone attended. It does not say they can perform. Hiring teams still discover that in the interview, or worse, in the first month. Assessed, hands-on evidence moves that discovery earlier.

Trust & Security

Built for institutional trust

Everything runs in managed, isolated environments with the access controls and data practices institutions expect.

Role-based access

Dedicated admin, instructor and learner permissions keep control and visibility where they belong.

Isolated lab environments

Each session runs in a managed, sandboxed environment that is contained and reset between uses.

Data privacy

Learner and cohort data is handled in line with our privacy policy and institutional requirements.

Reliable cloud hosting

Fully managed cloud infrastructure with browser-based access that runs even on modest connections.

LEARN. PRACTICE. CONQUER.

Bring hands-on cybersecurity training to your campus

See Nexix Academy in action with a personalised walkthrough for your institution or teaching practice. Hiring instead? We will show you the assessment side.

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