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Not going to BlackHat this year?
Maybe your team didn’t have a budget. Maybe you’re not flying folks out. Or maybe you just don’t want your training schedule tied to a once-a-year event in Vegas. Either way, the need for real security training hasn’t gone anywhere.
Because the threats aren’t waiting. And your devs still need the skills to spot and stop them without sitting through another slide deck that checks a box but teaches nothing.
Most security training is either too generic, too abstract, or too disconnected from how your teams actually build software. That’s a risk multiplier.
You ship fast. You operate in cloud-native stacks. And you’re telling me that you also can’t afford training that doesn’t map to real-world attack paths, threat models, or production-scale flaws? Wow.
With most security training, you get static slides, generic videos, and outdated content that doesn’t map to how your teams actually ship code. The result? Engineers go through the training (because they are expected to), forget what they saw, and go right back to building without security in mind.
AppSecEngineer is designed for developers, DevOps engineers, and security teams who need to build and secure modern systems and don’t have time for BS.
AppSecEngineer focuses on cloud-native stacks and real environments. You’re not watching someone else secure an application; instead you’re doing it yourself.
You train on:
Each lab is interactive, breakable, and aligned with real workflows your teams use daily. This means the lessons stick because they’re tied to real decisions your engineers make every sprint.
As much as it is about skills and capabilities, security training is also about showing evidence. AppSecEngineer includes built-in tracking and reporting for compliance frameworks like:
You can assign training based on role, tech stack, or regulatory need. Progress is tracked automatically, and you get audit-ready reports without spreadsheets or manual follow-ups.
This keeps your teams focused on shipping securely, while giving you the visibility and documentation you need when compliance comes knocking.
Too many platforms claim to teach security. But few can show who’s actually learning. AppSecEngineer gives you detailed visibility into who’s completing training, what they’re learning, and how those skills map to their roles.
That means:
Remember, you can’t afford to train blindly. AppSecEngineer helps you build security skills that scale with your business and proves it.
Training from the defender side is alright… 5 years ago. It’s valuable, but it doesn’t show you how attackers think, how they find weaknesses, or how they chain small misconfigurations into full-scale breaches.
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Hack The Box gives red teams, AppSec specialists, and offensive security professionals the same environments attackers use to stay sharp.
Hack The Box offers hundreds of labs and live machines modeled after real-world targets, everything from outdated CMS platforms to misconfigured cloud servers. Your team will get to exploit the vulnerabilities themselves, step by step.
You will both learn what a misconfigured S3 bucket is and how to find it, exfiltrate data, and escalate privileges from there. That depth of insight is what lets security teams anticipate attacker behavior and close gaps before they’re exploited.
Hack The Box is especially effective for red teamers, penetration testers, and anyone who runs adversarial testing internally. You get a broad set of scenarios that simulate:
It’s also useful for security engineers who want to stress test internal systems or just better understand how attackers think. The ability to practice in safe, legal, and dynamic environments builds stronger offensive awareness without putting production systems at risk.
If your team includes junior engineers, new analysts, or developers shifting into security roles, getting started can be a challenge. So many trainings aren’t built for this because they’re either too shallow to be useful or too advanced to be practical. And without clear guidance, early learners waste time stuck on basics or skip foundational skills altogether.
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TryHackMe solves this with structured and beginner-friendly labs that walk learners through real-world concepts step by step.
TryHackMe is built to help newcomers ramp up quickly. Each learning path is broken into small and focused labs that cover one concept at a time (from scanning ports to hardening web servers). And it doesn’t just throw people into the deep end. Every lab includes background context, clear instructions, and immediate feedback.
This structure makes it ideal for onboarding junior hires, cross-training devs, or rolling out security awareness programs that go deeper than slide decks.
The platform includes learning paths across key areas:
Each path builds progressively, so your team isn’t thrown into red team exercises before they understand how the system works.
TryHackMe supports both self-paced and instructor-led formats. That means you can use it for individual skill-building or run group-based sessions across teams. It also offers progress tracking so you can see who’s completing labs and where support may be needed.
Does your training speak your engineer’s language? Because some are written for checklists, compliance teams, or general audiences. So when your devs and DevOps teams look for guidance on secure CI/CD, threat modeling, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC), they either get lost in the noise or tune out entirely.
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Practical DevSecOps is built by engineers, for engineers. It’s focused on how security fits into modern delivery pipelines, instead of policy slides or recycled compliance templates.Â
This platform focuses on training that’s relevant to real CI/CD workflows. Labs are built around common toolchains like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins. You will learn what to secure, implement, and test inside pipelines.
Key topics covered include:
This means your teams learn how to prevent risks while they ship features.
Practical DevSecOps offers certifications that are not about passing multiple-choice tests. Learners earn them by completing practical projects and labs. These certs reflect actual ability to secure CI/CD pipelines, integrate tools, and respond to real attack patterns.
For security leads, this gives you a better signal than generic training completions. For engineers, it gives them proof of competence they can use internally or when moving roles.
Security flaws aren’t always obvious when you’re writing code. A missed validation check, a misused framework method, or a subtle logic error can quietly introduce risk and pass undetected through reviews and scanners.
PentesterLab teaches engineers how those mistakes turn into real exploits. Each lab walks through an actual vulnerability, showing how it was discovered, how it’s exploited, and how it can be fixed at the code level.
You’re not working with contrived examples or sample snippets. PentesterLab uses bugs found in real-world applications, from simple injection issues to full privilege escalation chains. You’ll trace the bug in code, follow the attack path, and understand exactly where the failure happened.
This is especially valuable for backend and full-stack developers who want more than surface-level advice. You learn what secure code looks like because you’ve seen what insecure code actually does.
Each lab is structured as a guided walkthrough with enough context and clarity to learn efficiently, without hand-holding. You see how each part of the exploit works, why the application behaves the way it does, and how a small fix can prevent a major issue.
That’s the kind of insight that improves engineering judgment and speeds up secure development, especially in teams working on complex web apps or user-facing systems.
Security training doesn’t need to wait for a conference or break your budget. If your team isn’t going to BlackHat this year, you still have strong options. Each of these platforms delivers relevant hands-on training that builds real skills inside your existing workflows.Â
Take 10 minutes to review your current training setup. What’s working? What’s not landing? Then pick one of these platforms, run a pilot with a small team, and see what changes.
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Train your team like you build software: fast, focused, and built for what’s next.
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