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SANS Institute Virtual Learning Environment Platform

A self-service platform for cybersecurity instructors to provision virtual learning environments.

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Overview

The SANS Institute, a leader in cybersecurity training and certification, built a self-service platform using the Pulumi Automation API. This platform enables their instructors to provision virtual learning environments for their courses through an automated process. This solves the complex challenge of creating consistent, isolated, and potentially sophisticated lab environments for students on-demand, reducing manual effort and ensuring each class has the resources it needs.

✨ Key Features

  • Self-service portal for instructors.
  • Automates provisioning of virtual training labs.
  • Built with Pulumi Automation API.
  • Ensures consistent and isolated environments for students.
  • Reduces manual setup and configuration effort.

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Uses a modern infrastructure-as-code approach for defining lab environments.
  • Programmatic control via the Automation API allows for deep integration and automation.
  • Self-service model empowers instructors directly.

Unique Value: Automates and standardizes the complex process of setting up cybersecurity training labs, saving time and reducing errors for a leading training organization.

🎯 Use Cases (3)

Automating the setup of hands-on cybersecurity training labs. Providing a consistent learning environment for students. Enabling instructors to manage their own course infrastructure.

✅ Best For

  • The platform is in use by the SANS Institute to automate the provisioning of their virtual learning environments.

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • This is an internal tool and not available for external use.

🏆 Alternatives

Manual lab setup Custom scripting Other lab management software

Compared to manual setup, this platform is significantly more scalable and consistent. By using Pulumi and the Automation API, it can manage complex cloud infrastructure more robustly than simple scripts.

💻 Platforms

Web API

🔌 Integrations

Cloud providers (for VMs, networking, etc.) Internal SANS systems

💰 Pricing

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Free tier: Internal tool, not for sale.

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