For instructors

Spend the first class hacking, not installing

Nexix Academy gives independent instructors a ready-made cyber lab. Every learner opens the same attacker desktop in their browser, you choose or build the labs, and your academy's name is on it.

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Sound familiar?

Week one of every batch goes to setup

When a live session stalls, learners don't blame VirtualBox. They blame the instructor.

The multi-gigabyte download

Half the batch is still downloading a virtual machine when the class should be scanning its first target.

Every laptop is different

8 GB of RAM, an Apple-silicon MacBook, a locked-down work laptop. Each one becomes its own support ticket.

Labs you have to maintain

Targets break, tools update, and your weekend goes on fixing the lab instead of improving the course.

No proof anyone did the work

A WhatsApp group tells you who replied. It can't tell you who actually got the flag.

Week one

The same first class, two ways

Nothing changes about what you teach. Everything changes about how much of the class is left to teach it in.

The usual way

  1. Share a download link and a twelve-step setup guide.
  2. Spend the first session on virtualisation settings and BIOS menus.
  3. Debug three different errors live, in front of everyone.

The actual lesson starts in week two.

With Nexix Academy

  1. Add the batch in one go, or share a single invite link.
  2. Learners sign in and open the attacker desktop in their browser.
  3. A live target spins up beside it, the same for everyone.

The first lab starts in the first session.

How it works

A teaching week, end to end

Plan it, build it, teach it, assess it. One platform for every part of a batch, and nothing for you or your learners to install.

01 · Plan

Map the batch to your own syllabus

Lay out weeks, machines, files and a capstone the way you already teach the course. When a week comes round, publish its items to the batch as assignments.

app.nexixsecurity.training/course-plans
Course plans view showing semester-mapped courses with foundation and term labels
02 · Build

Pick from 50+ labs, or build your own

Enable ready-made modules in a click, or write your own labs with your own tasks and questions. Need something specific? Ask us for a target machine built to a particular CVE, stack or attack path.

Founding instructors' target requests go to the front of the queue.

app.nexixsecurity.training/modules
Module catalogue with a request form for a custom target machine, and a list of submitted module requests
03 · Teach

Every learner in the same lab

Each learner gets a managed attacker desktop and a live target in the browser, with guided questions beside the terminal. Someone who stalls gets a hint instead of a dead end, and every environment is isolated and reset between uses.

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
04 · Assess

Marked for you, proved for them

Answers and flags are checked automatically, so you spend the session on the learners who are stuck rather than on marking. Set timed challenges and practical assessments, follow each learner's progress, and issue certificates for the work they complete.

app.nexixsecurity.training/progress
Progress view with student groups, student progress, active lab sessions and approvals tabs
Your brand

Your academy, your name on it

Learners see your academy's name and logo when they work in the platform, and the certificates they earn carry your name too. Every batch you run builds your own reputation.

  • Your name and logo where learners work
  • Certificates issued in your academy's name
  • Labs you wrote, alongside ours
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Who it's for

Built for the way you already teach

Whatever shape your teaching takes, the lab is the same: in the browser, and ready when the class starts.

Online cohorts

Run a hands-on cohort for your audience under your own brand, without hosting a single lab.

Weekend and evening batches

Learners practise from home on whatever laptop they own, and every one of them sees the same lab.

Bootcamps

Bulk-add a whole intake on day one, then follow every learner through an intensive schedule.

Certification prep

Timed challenges let learners rehearse hands-on, exam-style tasks against the clock.

Corporate training

Train a client's team in the browser, with nothing running on their network or their laptops.

Visiting faculty

Bring a ready-made lab into a college that doesn't have one, and leave its IT department out of it.

Finish the batch with a CTF

Close a course with a capture-the-flag event. We host it, run the live scoreboard and send you the results.

See CTF-as-a-Service
Founding instructor programme

Become a founding instructor

We're opening Nexix Academy to 25 independent instructors first. You get the platform early with help to set it up, and your feedback shapes what we build next.

25founding places

  • 1:1 onboarding

    A personal setup session for your first cohort, your first labs and your branding.

  • Founding price for 12 months

    Your rate stays the same for 12 months, whatever we publish later.

  • Priority custom targets

    Your requests for custom target machines go to the front of the queue.

  • A say in the roadmap

    Early access to new features, and a direct line to the product team.

Who it's for: you teach cybersecurity to your own learners, online or in person, and you want hands-on labs without running the infrastructure.

Apply for a founding place

Tell us how you teach. It takes about two minutes.

25 places. We reply to every application within two working days.

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FAQ

Questions instructors actually ask

Do my learners need a powerful laptop?

No. Labs run on our managed cloud infrastructure and open in the browser, so an ordinary laptop and a modest connection are enough. Nothing is installed on your machine or theirs.

Can I use my own labs and syllabus?

Yes. Build your own labs with your own tasks and questions, mix them with our ready-made modules, and lay the whole batch out against your own syllabus. If you need a specific target, we can build one to a particular CVE, stack or attack path.

Do I have to mark everything by hand?

No. Answers and flags are checked automatically, and timed challenges and practical assessments are built in, so you can spend the session on the learners who are stuck.

How do learners join?

Add a whole batch at once, or share an invite link and let learners join themselves. Either way they land in your cohort, ready for the first lab.

Will learners see my brand, and get certificates?

Yes. Learners see your academy's name and logo in the platform, and you can issue certificates in your academy's name for the work they complete.

Is it safe to teach offensive techniques this way?

Every lab runs in a managed, isolated environment that is reset between uses, so learners practise against targets built for the purpose rather than real systems.

What does it cost?

We are setting pricing together with our founding instructors. We share founding pricing on our first call, before you commit to anything, and founding instructors keep that rate for 12 months.

I teach at a college. Is this for me?

If you run your own batch, yes. If you would like the whole department on it, Nexix Academy for institutions adds governance across batches, departments, sections and semesters.

LEARN. PRACTICE. CONQUER.

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