Our Ecosystem
Cyber Range Poulsbo is focused on creating an interactive ecosystem where individuals from both the education and industry sectors of cybersecurity can connect. Students can test their skills, network with professionals, and explore new opportunities. Industry professionals can hone new skills, practice the basics, and contribute to the development of the next generation of cybersecurity engineers.
Initiatives
Our Initiatives represent our work with partners and stakeholders. Discover how we're collaborating to address important challenges and create meaningful solutions.
Research
Our research features original studies, investigations, and experiments conducted in collaboration with our partner institutions to advance knowledge within cybersecurity. Explore our methodologies, findings, contributions, joint projects, and the broader research community we are a part of. These initiatives are actively carried out by undergraduate cybersecurity students at various higher education institutions across Washington State.
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Virtual Internet Project
This project aims to create a realistic, yet isolated, replica of the top 100 websites within the Poulsbo Cyber Range.
- Virtual Internet
- DNS
- Web Scraping
- Networks
2020 - 2024 - Learn more
Phishing for Maritime Systems
This project aims to explore the use of honeypots, honeynets, and tarpits for bolstering the U.S. Navy's cybersecurity, focusing on protecting sensitive maritime data.
- Honeypot
- Tarpit
- Honeynet
- US Navy
2022 - 2022 - Learn more
Navy Matryoshka Honeypots
The Matryoshka Honeypot project expands upon existing honeypot research for the Navy Underwater Warfare Center, focusing on creating asset-based honeypots within a secure lab environment.
- Honeypot
- Honeynet
- Threat Detection
- T-Pot
2022 - 2024
Capstone Projects
Our Capstone projects focus on cybersecurity lab development and the creation of Cyber Range Platform features. These projects are undertaken by undergraduate cybersecurity students at our various partner higher education institutions across Washington state.
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Navy Secure Software Development
This project aims to develop a secure CI/CD pipeline for Python applications using open-source tools, designed for the Naval Underwater Warfare Center.
- CI/CD
- Python
- NUWC-K
2023 - 2024 - Learn more
Intrusion Detection System
The primary objective of this project is to build a Suricata IDS to protect the Cyber Range.
- Suricata
- IDS
- Kibana
- ELK Stack
2021 - 2021 - Learn more
Ticketing System Project
This project aims to streamline issue reporting and user account management within the Cyber Range by creating a unified web interface.
- Flask
- MantisBT
- OpenLDAP
2020 - 2020 - Learn more
Cyber Range Exploit Exercise
This project aims to develop engaging cybersecurity exercises for Western Washington University's Cyber Range.
- Exploit
- Malware
- CTF
2020 - 2023 - Learn more
Cyber Skills Assessment & Analysis
Introducing cybersecurity concepts, further focus on specific security principles and practices, assessments to test understanding and retention of information, and analysis of the information retained as well as missed.
- Assessment
- Cyber Skills
2022 - Learn more
Network Exercise Development
This project aims to develop a series of challenging network-based exercises for Western Washington University's Cyber Range.
- Networking
- Vulnerabilities
- Protocols
- ACLs
2020 - 2021 - Learn more
Ransomware Learning Environment
This project provides two cybersecurity labs exploring different attack scenarios.
- Ransomware
- Botnets
- Vulnerabilities
- Malware
2022 - 2023 - Learn more
Cyber Range Monitoring Stack
This project aims to enhance the Cyber Range core infrastructure by deploying open-source monitoring agents for cloud-native servers.
- Infrastructure
- Open-Source
- Cloud
2021 - 2021