What happened
Information Security Media Group (ISMG) announced a strategic partnership and investment in Israel-based CyCube, a startup that provides AI-powered cyber resilience labs and assessments. The collaboration will integrate CyCube’s adaptive simulation technology into ISMG’s CyberEd.io cybersecurity education platform and extend into ISMG’s broader media, events, research, and community ecosystem.
Who is affected
The initiative targets security teams across enterprises, governments, and academic institutions seeking to improve practical defensive capabilities. In addition, CISOs, security practitioners, and workforce development leaders will see new hands-on learning options informed by threat insights from ISMG’s global events and content network.
Why CISOs should care
Static compliance-oriented training is increasingly inadequate for today’s dynamic threat environment. By embedding real-world simulations and adaptive assessments directly into education pathways, the ISMG–CyCube partnership aims to make cyber readiness measurable and continuously evolving. This approach promises more effective capability development and validation of defensive skills, a priority for CISOs facing talent gaps and sophisticated adversaries.
3 practical actions
- Evaluate simulation-based training: Review how adaptive, hands-on labs could supplement or replace traditional awareness programs in your organization.
- Link learning to real threats: Align training and assessments to emerging threat data from industry events and intelligence sources to ensure relevance.
- Measure capability gaps: Adopt tools that track skill proficiency and improvement over time to inform hiring, training, and risk mitigation strategies.