PENTIMENTO / A PRODUCT BY IRON FIST LABS

Real environments.
Lasting skills.

A cybersecurity training platform that brings real cloud machines into the browser. Give your students and teams space to practice, investigate, and build confidence.

For universities, bootcamps, and security teams.

PENTIMENTOYOUR TRAINING GROUND
REAL CLOUD INFRASTRUCTUREBROWSER ACCESS

AWS EC2Dedicated lab machines

Browser basedNo local client or VPN

Three lab formatsCTF · Quiz · Practice

Built-in lifecycleProvision, practice, clean up

01 / LESS SETUP. MORE LEARNING.

From a blank canvas
to a working lab.

Build the environment around the lesson. Pentimento handles the path from a lab design to a student’s browser.

01 / BUILD

Shape the challenge.

Arrange Windows and Linux machines in a visual builder. Define your exercises and preview the environment before sharing it.

02 / ASSIGN

Bring in your cohort.

Publish the lab and assign it to student groups. Set access windows that fit your course or team schedule.

03 / PRACTICE

Open a new possibility.

Learners enter through their browser. Automated provisioning and teardown keep the focus on the exercise.

02 / BOTH SIDES OF THE CLASSROOM

Designed to teach.
Built to explore.

FOR STUDENTS

A place to work things out.

  • Practice through CTF challenges, quizzes, and open-ended labs.
  • Follow provisioning progress as your environment starts.
  • Review scores, submission history, and learning progress.
  • Use integrated AI guidance to support further study.

FOR INSTRUCTORS

Keep your focus on the lesson.

  • Build and preview topologies without writing infrastructure templates.
  • Manage access with time-limited registration codes.
  • Monitor active sessions and support students in their lab.
  • Let automated cleanup handle completed environments.

03 / DIGITAL TWINS

Familiar systems.
Room to experiment.

Recreate the relevant operating systems, tools, and network structure in a separate training environment. Practice decisions and investigate behavior before taking those lessons back to production.

SOC onboardingIncident exercisesTool evaluationCandidate screening
Discuss your environment

04 / YOUR OBJECTIVES. OUR LAB BUILD.

Bring the lesson.
We’ll build the lab.

Start with the skills you want to teach. Our team can design a custom environment around your curriculum, tooling, and learning objectives.

01

Network & identity

Network investigation and Active Directory exercises.

02

Cloud security

Cloud configuration and identity scenarios.

03

Detection & response

SOC workflows, forensic analysis, and incident practice.

04

Application security

Web application testing in a dedicated learning environment.

Tell us about your curriculum

A TRAINING GROUND FOR YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

Universities

Connect classroom concepts to practical work across courses and cohorts.

Bootcamps

Give intensive programs a structured space for hands-on exercises.

Security teams

Develop analysts, rehearse response, and explore tools together.

A FEW USEFUL DETAILS

Before you begin.

Do learners need to install anything?

Lab access runs in the browser, without a local desktop client or VPN. We can discuss your organization’s access requirements during a demo.

Can you build labs for our curriculum?

Yes. Share your learning objectives, audience, and preferred technologies. We’ll discuss the environment and agree on the scope.

How do we choose a plan?

Contact us to discuss your audience, lab requirements, and schedule. We’ll walk through the available options and pricing for your use case.

SEE YOUR NEXT TRAINING GROUND

Let’s open
a real lab.

Explore Pentimento with our team. Tell us who you teach, what you want to practice, and when you’d like to start.

START A CONVERSATION

Explore Pentimento with us.

A clearer picture. A practical next step.
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