Hands-on cybersecurity labs are an excellent way to teach cybersecurity and for students to demonstrate knowledge. There is a large body of research on cybersecurity labs that provide examples of excellent lab environments. Due to the use of proprietary software and other factors like significant hardware requirements and large file sizes, it can be difficult to replicate these lab environments. The emergence of low-cost cloud computing resources and the automated deployment of infrastructure using DevOps tools make it easier to share and deploy lab resources. There are several open-source projects that provide excellent lab environments that can be easily deployed in cloud computing environments.

This presentation will provide a short overview and demonstration of using DevOps tools to automate the deployment of open source cybersecurity labs into cloud computing environments. The talk will highlight some of the possible tools and how they can be used across cloud computing platforms. During the demonstration, an open-source lab environment will be deployed in Amazon Web Services.

This presentation is based on a paper from the presenter that was presented at the AMCIS 2019 conference. The presentation at the CAE conference will focus on the practical aspects if using DevOps tools to deploy cybersecurity labs.