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Beginner-friendly rooms
Learn core concepts with structured tasks that explain what to do, why it matters, and how to keep going.
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PTCA
Purple Team Cyber Academy
Public cyber learning for students, schools, clubs, and self-paced learners
Learn cybersecurity by doing.
Join PTCA for free and build real cybersecurity skills through guided rooms, browser-based labs, checkpoints, XP, badges, and school-safe learning paths.
Guided rooms
Step-by-step lessons, checkpoints, hints, and progress
Browser labs
Practice from the browser with no complex local setup
School-safe
Scoped environments for authorized cybersecurity learning
Public-ready
Built for students, clubs, classrooms, and independent learners
Why PTCA
The excitement of a cyber range. The structure schools need.
PTCA blends the fun of gamified challenge platforms with guided instruction, safer classroom positioning, instructor-friendly structure, and a purple-team mindset that connects offense, defense, and responsible practice.
Guided Lab Preview
Lab Session Active
Linux Fundamentals Lab
Time left
44:58
Student Workspace
172.23.0.2
Practice Target
172.23.0.3
student@ptca-lab:~$
$ whoami
student
$ ip addr show
Review your assigned lab network configuration
$ ssh student@$PTCA_LAB_TARGET -p 2222
Welcome to your PTCA practice machine.
Checkpoint
Complete the guided task, submit the checkpoint answer, and continue through the room.
The platform
Guided learning, real practice, visible progress.
PTCA is designed to help learners move from curiosity to confidence with room-based learning, practical tasks, lab access, and measurable accomplishments.
Practice
Hands-on browser labs
Launch a guided lab workspace, complete checkpoints, and build real confidence through practical repetition.
Prove
XP, badges, and progress
Track growth through room completions, skill paths, public achievements, and competition-ready milestones.
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Create a free account
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Choose a room or path
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Launch the guided lab
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Complete checkpoints
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Earn XP and badges
Learning paths
Start free. Keep leveling up.
Build pathways for complete beginners, classroom cohorts, club members, competition teams, and advanced learners without losing the fun of challenge-based progress.
Foundations
Cyber Basics
Networking, Linux, web concepts, security vocabulary, command line basics, and safe lab habits.
Defense
Blue Team Skills
Logs, alerts, telemetry, triage, hardening, incident response, and evidence-based investigation.
Practice
Challenge Rooms
Guided scenarios, checkpoints, flags, and safe hands-on exercises that reinforce real-world concepts.
Growth
Career & Competition Prep
Skill paths for cyber clubs, classrooms, competitions, portfolios, and future professional development.
For schools and classrooms
Safe enough for classrooms. Practical enough for future cyber professionals.
PTCA is built around authorized practice, scoped lab environments, structured rooms, instructor-friendly delivery, and progress learners can be proud to share.
Authorized, scoped learning environments
Browser-based lab workspace
Instructor-friendly room structure
Progress tracking and completion history
Public profiles and achievements
Competition and classroom pathways
Public-ready learning
Built for learners today and cyber programs tomorrow.
PTCA can support free public onboarding, classroom programs, cyber clubs, self-paced practice, community challenges, achievement profiles, and future competition seasons.
Students
Start from zero, build confidence, earn XP, and grow through guided rooms.
Schools
Use structured, scoped labs that are easier to explain to instructors, parents, and administrators.
Cyber Clubs
Run repeatable weekly practice, competitions, and team-based learning without rebuilding everything.
Independent Learners
Join for free, explore public rooms, and build a visible record of progress over time.