v7.0.0 BATTLE SCHOOL
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HEXWORTH PRIME
Hands-On Cybersecurity Education That Gets Students Hired
v7.0.0 Battle School  |  Keiser University  |  2026
The Challenge
The Gap Between Classroom and Career
  • Students pass exams but freeze when asked to configure a system or investigate a breach
  • Traditional labs cost $40,000 to $60,000 to deploy and maintain, before annual upkeep
  • Remote and evening students get fewer hands-on reps than in-person peers
  • Employers want demonstrated experience and not just a diploma
The Solution
Hexworth Prime Fixes That
A browser-based platform that turns beginners into job-ready IT and cybersecurity professionals through real-world simulation.
No installs.  No VMs.  No lab fees.  Works on Chromebooks.
The Framework
How Students Train
L
LEARN
Guided interactive environments with real commands
P
PRACTICE
CTF boxes, investigations, and vulnerability challenges
C
COMPETE
Live tournaments with spectator streaming
B
BUILD
Portfolio projects students publish to GitHub
D
DECIDE
Ethical reasoning under pressure with no right answers
Pillar 1 // Learn
Students Don't Watch. They Do.
  • 12 Learning Houses covering every IT and cybersecurity domain: defense, offense, cloud, networking, forensics, AI, and more
  • 3,500+ interactive modules. Not slides with a quiz at the end.
  • Terminal simulations that parse real Linux, Windows, and networking commands with live feedback
  • Mapped to CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, and AWS certifications. Students train for the exams that get them hired.
Pillar 2 // Practice
146 Capture The Flag Challenges
  • Students hack into simulated systems by finding real vulnerabilities. The same skills employers test in interviews.
  • Progressive difficulty: from beginner (fully guided) to expert (zero hints, multi-stage exploits)
  • 15 Open World investigations simulating corporate espionage, money laundering, insider threats, ransomware response
  • The Dojo has 120 structured vulnerability challenges across 5 belt levels from White through Black
Pillar 3 // Compete
Real Competition. Real Pressure. Real Skills.
  • Team-based live tournaments with real-time scoreboards. Same format as industry CTF competitions.
  • The Panopticon is a live streaming gallery where spectators watch every competitor's screen simultaneously
  • VS Mode enables head-to-head races to capture flags. First to exploit wins.
  • Run live cyber competitions during recruitment days, open houses, and orientation events
Pillar 4 // Build
From Classroom to Career Portfolio
  • 100 software projects including AI chatbots, cloud infrastructure, web apps, security tools, and data pipelines
  • 102 hardware projects in the Signal Hub including WiFi scanners, BLE trackers, intrusion detectors, and USB security tools
  • 120 Operator coding missions across 7 languages. Every project is GitHub-publishable and portfolio-ready.
  • 322 portfolio items students can show employers. Not a transcript. A living body of work.
For Instructors
Instructors See Everything
  • Automated gradebook where every quiz, lab, and captured flag feeds in automatically. No manual grading.
  • Engagement analytics showing who is struggling and who is disengaged before the grade reflects it
  • Server-side grading means answers never exist in the browser. The grade cannot be forged. Ever.
  • Adjunct-friendly so new instructors can deploy a full course in minutes, not semesters
For Enrollment and Accreditation
Data That Proves Students Are Learning
Real-Time
Engagement Tracking
Per-Student
Struggle Detection
Per-Objective
Cert Readiness Scoring
CSV Export
Accreditation-Ready Reports
Student Engagement
Time-on-task per moduleTracked
Click patterns and navigation flowTracked
Completion sequences and drop-off pointsTracked
Session duration in labsTracked
Early Warning System
At-risk student flaggingAutomatic
Struggle detection before failureAutomatic
Disengagement alertsAutomatic
Instructor intervention triggersAutomatic
Assessment Intelligence
Quiz scores by objectiveGranular
Lab completion with timestampsGranular
CTF flags captured per studentGranular
XP progression curves over timeGranular
Institutional Reporting
Cohort comparison across semestersBuilt-In
Certification readiness by exam objectiveBuilt-In
Attendance tracking + pulse surveysBuilt-In
CSV export for Canvas, Blackboard, accreditationBuilt-In
Most platforms tell you what students scored. Hexworth tells you why they scored it and what to do next.
What's Live Right Now
Built. Not Promised.
0
Platform Files // Running in Production
Learn
3,500+
Interactive Modules
12
Learning Houses
200+
Server-Graded Assessments
5
Certification Paths
Practice
146
CTF Boxes
120
Dojo Challenges
15
Open World Investigations
5
Belt Levels
Compete
Live
Tournament System
Live
The Panopticon (Streaming)
2,000+
Achievements
VS + Co-Op
Multiplayer Modes
Build
100
Software Projects
102
Hardware Projects
120
Operator Missions
7
Programming Languages
Student Voice
What Students Report
"This lab helped me think like a security analyst and understand real-world investigation workflows. I wasn't just reading about exfiltration. I was tracing it."
CTS Student, Linux Security Lab
"I started thinking less like a user and more like a technician. The platform forced me to understand why I was making configuration choices, not just which buttons to click."
COP Student, MD-100 Windows Course
"The CTF competitions changed everything. I went from being afraid of the command line to staying up until midnight trying to capture the last flag."
CTS Student, CTF Arena
Students consistently report increased confidence and stronger real-world readiness with skills that transfer directly to the job
Institutional Scale
One Platform. Every Domain.
The Differentiator
Why Keiser. Why Now.
Students don't just learn, they actually DO the work
Every graduate walks in with a portfolio of real cybersecurity experience before the first interview
Keiser doesn't have a full license for this platform yet. Keiser should. Keiser can.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
// Ender Wiggin, Ender's Game
Hexworth Prime v7.0.0 // BATTLE SCHOOL
Frank Mora  |  Professor, IT & Cybersecurity  |  Keiser University