ASU Opens Free Hands-On Cybersecurity Training Platform Globally

pwn.college is a free, open-access educational platform built and maintained by Arizona State University’s cybersecurity team. The platform uses a martial arts-inspired progression system—white belt through black belt—to guide learners through practical, hands-on training in core computing and cybersecurity concepts. It powers ASU’s own curriculum while remaining available to students and professionals worldwide at no cost.

The platform combines interactive challenges with lecture materials that educators can reuse with attribution. Institutions can create private instances for their own courses. The maintainers emphasize keeping solutions off the public internet to preserve the platform’s educational value for graded coursework at multiple universities. They actively encourage contributions to the open-source infrastructure and welcome collaboration from educators and researchers.

Beyond the platform itself, pwn.college connects learners to the broader cybersecurity ecosystem, pointing them toward Capture The Flag competitions, wargames, and other platforms for continued skill development and real-world practice.