Scaling cyber workforce development with the new Spaces

Every serious operation runs from a single command center, not several separate rooms, each with its own radio, only picking up part of the signal. One room, full visibility!

Enterprise cybersecurity training has traditionally looked more like the second scenario. Theory lives in one place. Hands-on practice in another. Learning paths somewhere else. Reporting somewhere else again.

As training programs grow, so does the complexity.

That's exactly what the new HTB Spaces solve.

From training individuals to developing a cyber workforce

Today’s managers aren’t just assigning courses but rather building capabilities across their teams.

Whether it’s onboarding new SOC Analysts or preparing a Red Team, the goal isn’t simply to complete a training and “tick a box”. It’s to ensure every team member has the right skill set, knowledge and measurable progression to excel in their role.

That’s what Cyber Workforce Development is all about!

It’s a shift away from ad-hoc learning and towards structured, role-based development programs that combine theory, hands-on practice, and measurable outcomes. And the new HTB Spaces were built to support exactly that!

Why we revamped Spaces

If you've built a training program on the HTB Enterprise Platform before, you're already familiar with Spaces. But you probably know them as separate experiences.

• Academy Spaces organize theory through Modules, Job Role Paths, and Skill Paths.

• Dedicated Spaces deliver hands-on training with Machines, Sherlocks, and Challenges.

Each solved a different problem. But as organizations expanded their cybersecurity training programs, we heard the same feedback time and time again: admins were managing different Spaces depending on the type of content they wanted to deliver and learners bounced between multiple environments to complete what was really a single learning journey.

It worked. But it wasn't built for scaling workforce development across an entire organization. That's why we're evolving Spaces into one unified experience. Now every “mission” has its own Space.

• New to onboard a new SOC Analyst? Create a Space that combines theory with hands-on practice.

• Creating a development path for a new Penetration tester? Build a Space tailored to that role.

• Getting your DFIR team ready for ransomware investigations? Build a Space with the right mix of Sherlocks, Machines, and Challenges they need.

Building training around missions

HTB is moving Spaces from a “licensed-based structure” to a “mission-based structure”. Content used to be siloed by which content type a Space was built for. Now it’s unified by “What you are trying to achieve”. 

A Space is still the same core concept; a place to organize and deliver training. What's changed is what that Space can contain. Instead of being tied to a single content type, a Space can now combine:

• Academy modules

• Machines

• Challenges

• Sherlocks in one structured learning experience.

Think of Spaces as a single, flexible container for whatever your mission is.

 
Need to onboard a new SOC Analyst? Prepare your Incident Response team for ransomware investigations? The training objective becomes the space, not the content type. Let’s assume you want to onboard a SOC Analyst. The onboarding program used to look something like this:

• Academy Space for theoretical learning

• Job Role Path for progression

• Dedicated Space for Machines and Challenges

• Separate reporting depending on where learning happened

Now? Theory and practice sit side by side, in the order that actually makes sense for how people learn.

What's new in HTB Spaces

The new Spaces aren't just a new way of organizing content but a completely redesigned experience for building, managing, and delivering enterprise cyber training.

Mixed content, one path

Combine Modules, Machines, Challenges, and Sherlocks in a single unified learning path. No more sending learners hopping between Spaces to finish a training.

Decoupled permissions

Here's the clever part: your license (Academy vs. Dedicated seats) determines what a user can play. The Space determines what they can see and join. Access and content are no longer welded together, which means way more flexibility in how you structure programs without renegotiating seats every time.

Public vs. private Spaces

• Public Spaces are discoverable org-wide and are perfect for self-paced onboarding or general upskilling. Anyone in the organization can find it and jump in.

• Private Spaces are invite-only and built for targeted team training, sensitive candidate assessments, or mission-readiness drills that run on a need-to-know basis.

Global progress tracking

Completion is tracked at the platform level. So if an analyst finishes a Machine inside their onboarding Space, it's automatically marked complete in their specialized team Space too. No duplicate work, no "wait, didn't I already complete this?"

Why it matters

Here’s what Spaces actually deliver for Enterprise teams:

✓ Standardize training delivery across teams, roles, and regions. Everyone’s working from the same playbook.

✓ Scale learning programs without increasing admin complexity.

✓ Govern with flexibility. Public and private Spaces mean you decide exactly who sees what.

✓ Measure impact clearly. Unified reporting means you can finally answer “is this actually working” with confidence, without having to export several different CSVs.

The new HTB Spaces bring theory, hands-on practice, progression, and governance together in one unified environment, making it easier than ever to build learning experiences that prepare people for the work they'll actually do

Whether you're onboarding your first SOC analyst, developing your next Red Team, or scaling workforce development across the enterprise, Spaces gives you one place to build it all.