Pentimento provisions actual AWS EC2 instances for every student accessible from any browser in seconds, with zero local setup, zero VPN, and zero IT tickets.
Most cybersecurity labs are fake. Students exploit Docker containers and call it hacking. We give them real AWS machines because real skills need real targets.
Extensive technical capabilities and flexible deployment options mean our cyber range adapts to any scenario, team size, or use case.
Three steps. No CloudFormation knowledge. No DevOps team. Just build, assign, and watch your students learn on real infrastructure.
Drag Windows and Linux nodes onto a visual canvas. Connect them, define challenges, set a time limit. Preview your entire lab in a real browser before a single student sees it.
The platform auto-snapshots your VMs, generates a CloudFormation template, and assigns the lab to your student groups. No manual steps, no waiting, no ops work.
Browser-based RDP via Guacamole. No client, no VPN, no setup. Students see a live provisioning progress bar then they're in a real machine. Real exploits. Real skills.
Every other cybersecurity training platform puts students inside containers, sandboxes, or throttled VMs. When a student "exploits" a service in those environments, nothing real happens because nothing real is running.
Pentimento is different. Every student gets their own dedicated AWS EC2 instance. When they run an exploit, it actually executes. When they move laterally through a network, the traffic actually flows. When they take down a service, it actually goes down.
This is the only way to build skills that hold up when it matters.
Not Docker. Not LXC. Actual EC2 machines running real Windows Server and Linux operating systems the same infrastructure your students will encounter in the field.
Full desktop access directly in the browser. Students connect from a Chromebook, a personal laptop, or a school computer. No VPN, no software download, no IT ticket.
Labs spin up, run for the assigned duration, and tear themselves down automatically. Hard timeouts prevent runaway costs. Race-condition-safe creation prevents double sessions.
The lab builder handles the infrastructure complexity. You handle the curriculum. One publish action provisions real EC2 instances for every student in your cohort automatically.
Refine your systems and develop your cybersecurity operations, proof of concepts, and team skills without disrupting live production environments.
Pentimento's Digital Twin environments replicate your actual infrastructure down to the OS, tooling, and network topology so what students and analysts practice in the lab maps directly to what they'll encounter in the field.
Use case: Mirror your client's Active Directory, firewall stack, and endpoint configuration then run red team exercises or train new analysts against a perfect replica before touching production.
Tell us the skills you want to teach. Our team delivers fully functional AWS EC2 lab environments built to your exact curriculum requirements ready to publish on day one.
No CloudFormation. No DevOps overhead. No learning curve. You describe the objectives. We build the environment.
Labs we build for you
Deploy lab environments across your cybersecurity curriculum without managing infrastructure. Students access real machines from dorm rooms, labs, or anywhere. Registration codes with semester-based expiry keep cohort management clean.
Move students from zero to employable faster with real-world environments. Every lab is a portfolio piece students can say they exploited a real Active Directory environment, not a simulation. Time-gated access matches your cohort schedule perfectly.
Run team tabletop exercises, red team training, and SOC analyst skill assessments in isolated real environments. Purple team drills, malware analysis, and incident response practice all on infrastructure that mirrors your actual environment.
Tools and technologies we implement
Infrastructure-level problems are our problem, not yours. Pentimento handles everything so your instructors and students never have to think about the platform.
Schedule a live demo. We'll spin up an actual EC2 environment during the call so you can see a real lab provision in real time.
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