What Cyber Warfare does

CyberWarfare Labs (CW Labs) is a privately-held cybersecurity education company founded in June 2020 by Manish Gupta and Yash Bharadwaj as a Cyber War R&D project during the COVID-19 lockdown, headquartered in Cambridge, UK with an R&D presence in Bengaluru, India. The company sells a catalog of 30+ hands-on certification courses spanning red team, blue team, purple team, multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) security, web/API security, Kubernetes, DevOps, and AI offensive operations, delivered through self-paced study materials and cloud-based Cyber Range lab environments where students sit 24-hour practical exams rather than multiple-choice tests. Underpinning the course catalog is a set of proprietary platforms: RedCloud-OS (an open-source multi-cloud adversary-simulation operating system targeting AWS, Azure, and GCP), the CWL CTF platform, and CWL Infinity Learning (launched August 2024 as a plug-and-play LMS), with much of the curriculum mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and Cloud matrices.

CW Labs operates a hybrid GTM anchored on a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront at cyberwarfare.live, augmented by community-driven demand (Cloud Red Team and Blue Team Discords, testimonials from certified professionals at KPMG, EY, AWS, Booz Allen Hamilton, TCS, Fluid Attacks, and several banks), live online bootcamps and webinars, and a dedicated team/corporate enrollment path for enterprise bulk purchases. The revenue model blends one-time course licenses (individual courses priced $9-$699) with a higher-ASP Premium Membership subscription ($1,499 for full library access, a 71% discount vs. the $5,256 à la carte total) and bespoke corporate training. The company has trained 4,500+ candidates across 80+ countries, secured four cyber research grants, and received a single angel seed round in June 2023 alongside the appointment of Director Sumit Siddharth (also CEO of The SecOps Group).

Strategically, CWL is doubling down on two fronts: deepening Microsoft/Azure-specific offensive and defensive coverage (AzRTS, CAz-TH, COPO) and staking out early share in the AI red-team certification category via OCO-AI, while using its open-source RedCloud-OS and CWL Infinity Learning platform to broaden the moat beyond individual courses into reusable tooling and infrastructure. The near-term investment narrative hinges on whether the team can convert its content depth and global bootcamp of certified alumni into recurring enterprise team-enrollment revenue ahead of any need for institutional-scale funding.

Name

Cyber Warfare

Legal name

CW Labs Pvt Ltd

Website

https://cyberwarfare.live

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CyberWarfare Labs is a Cambridge, UK-headquartered cybersecurity education company (founded 2020) that sells 30+ hands-on certification courses and cloud Cyber Range labs to red, blue, and purple team professionals across 80+ countries, monetized via per-course one-time licenses ($9-$699) and a $1,499 Premium Membership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Training and Education

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Cybersecurity (EDAAAPAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Information Technology (IT) & Cybersecurity Certifications (EDAAANAA), Penetration Testing, Red Team & Ethical Hacking (EDAOAIAH), Cybersecurity Learning Platforms (EDAFANAF), Cybersecurity Technical Skills (Security Engineering, SOC, Pen Testing) (EDABAFAF), Cybersecurity (General) (EDAOAIAB)

Keywords

• Cybersecurity training
• Offensive security courses
• Cloud red teaming
• Cyber range labs
• Security certifications

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. One-time Course Licenses: Individual courses sold as one-time purchases ranging from $9 to $699. Once purchased, students receive lifetime access to study materials (PDF, HD videos), lab access for a defined period (typically 30 days), and exam attempts. No recurring fee required for the course content itself.
2. Premium Membership Subscription: Annual subscription offering access to the full course library, all current and future certifications, and premium resources at a discounted bundled rate ($1,499, regularly $5,256). Generates recurring subscription revenue.
3. Team/Corporate Enrollment: Enterprise team enrollment option available for bulk seat purchases, with a dedicated enrollment form and sales contact for custom corporate training engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

CyberWarfare Labs operates an online cybersecurity education platform delivering 30+ certification courses and hands-on training programs across offensive security (Red Team), defensive security (Blue Team), Purple Team, cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP), web/API security, DevOps and Kubernetes security, AI-driven offensive operations, and ethical hacking. Courses are delivered via a proprietary Cyber Range cloud-based lab platform (Infinity Portal and CCSP Portal) supporting realistic adversary simulation, supplemented by the open-source RedCloud-OS toolkit and the CWL CTF Platform for gamified learning. Certification is earned through 24-hour practical hands-on exams rather than multiple-choice testing.

Product overview

CyberWarFare Labs (CW Labs) is a cybersecurity education company offering an online learning platform with on-demand certification courses and hands-on cyber range labs. The portfolio includes 30+ certification programs organized across specialized tracks: Red Team (CRTA, CRTS, CSCO, CRT-ID, CRT-COI, AD-RTS, CELMS, CWI-RTO, CEDP, CESC-AS), Blue Team (BTF, MCBTA, CCDA), Purple Team (PTF, CPTA, CPIA), Cloud Security (MCRTA, AzRTS, CARTS, CGRTS, CHMRTS, CAz-TH), Web Security (Web-RTA, API-RTA), AI Security (OCO-AI), Ethical Hacking (C3SA, CCSE, COPO), DevOps Security (DO-RTA), Kubernetes Security (K8s-RTA), and Bundles (Premium Membership). The platform also provides RedCloud-OS, a specialized operating system for cloud adversary simulations, and CWL Infinity Learning for interactive learning. Supported by cyber range labs and CTF challenges, the offerings serve cybersecurity professionals seeking offensive, defensive, and hybrid security skills development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Red Team Analyst (CRTA) Foundational hands-on certification course for red team beginners covering adversary mindset, TTPs, methodology, and practical lab exercises to become a red team professional.
• Web Red Team Analyst (Web-RTA) Certification course focused on web application exploitation techniques and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, teaching identification and testing for web security issues.
• API Red Team Analyst (API-RTA) Attacker-driven training for assessing modern APIs across web, mobile, cloud, and microservices, covering API recon, auth flaws, and cloud-native attack chains.
• Multi-Cloud Red Team Analyst (MCRTA) Entry-level cloud security red team course covering AWS, Azure, and GCP fundamentals with practical CTF-based challenges for multi-cloud environments.
• Offensive Cyber Operations with AI (OCO-AI) Advanced course teaching weaponization of LLMs and autonomous agents across the full cyber kill chain, including AI-driven OSINT pipelines and agentic recon operators.
• Certified Azure Threat Hunter (CAz-TH) Defensive security course for proactive threat detection and investigation across Microsoft Azure and M365 environments using Azure telemetry and logs.
• Azure Red Team Specialist (AzRTS) Advanced offensive security course for simulating real-world attacks in Microsoft Azure environments, covering Entra ID, ARM, M365, and hybrid identity attacks.
• AWS Cloud Red Team Specialist (CARTS) AWS-focused red team course aligned with MITRE ATT&CK Cloud framework, covering enumeration, attack surface design, and post-exploitation of AWS services.
• Google Cloud Red Team Specialist (CGRTS) Google Cloud Platform red team course covering GCP fundamentals, cyber kill chain simulation, enterprise application targeting, and blue team operations.
• Hybrid Multi-Cloud Red Team Specialist (CHMRTS) Advanced course covering attack scenarios from on-premise to cloud and vice versa across AWS, Azure, GCP, including hybrid multi-cloud environment exploitation and stealth persistence.
• Active Directory Red Team Specialist (AD-RTS) Practical Active Directory red teaming course covering AD, Certificate Services, Exchange, and Hypervisor security with 30-day challenge lab access.
• Enterprise Lateral Movement Specialist (CELMS) Course focused on attacker lateral movement strategies using WMI, SMB, RPC, SSH protocols, Kerberos abuse, and lateral movement across Windows and Linux environments.
• Red Team Specialist (CRTS V2) Advanced adversary simulation course in an electric power grid facility covering AD, certificate services, SSO, MFA, VDI exploitation across multi-segregated networks.
• Red Team Infra Dev (CRT-ID) Course on building OPSEC-safe red team infrastructure using cloud and on-premise services, covering redirectors, payload servers, and C2 server setup.
• Stealth Cyber Operator (CSCO) Advanced course on red team resource development, trade-craft creation for offensive operations, and bypassing AV/EDR endpoint security controls.
• Blue Team Fundamentals (BTF) Foundational blue team course covering security operations, cyber threat hunting, incident response, digital forensics, and SIEM solutions.
• Multi-Cloud Blue Team Analyst (MCBTA)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 4,500 professionals trained across 80+ countries including Fortune 500 companies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• SecOps GroupminorOthersSumit Siddharth (Sid), appointed as Director of CW Labs, is CEO of The SecOps Group, a leading cyber consultancy and education firm. SecOps Group represents an affiliated cyber entrepreneurship venture rather than a formal partnership.
• PureIDminorOthersSumit Siddharth is a co-founder/investor in PureID, a passwordless authentication solution company. This represents a personal investment/affiliation of the newly appointed Director rather than a formal company-level partnership.
• RedHunt LabsminorOthersSumit Siddharth is a co-founder/investor in RedHunt Labs, an Attack Surface Management solution company. This represents a personal investment/affiliation of the newly appointed Director rather than a formal company-level partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hack The Box: Hack The Box is a gamified cybersecurity training platform with cyber range labs, CTF challenges, and team/enterprise tiers directly competing with CWL's self-serve e-commerce model, CWL CTF Platform, and Cyber Range Labs across red/blue team content.
• Cybrary: Cybrary is a subscription-based cybersecurity training platform with team/enterprise tiers offering hands-on labs and certification prep, directly comparable to CWL's Premium Membership and corporate enrollment model.
• TryHackMe: TryHackMe is a beginner-to-advanced cybersecurity learning platform with guided rooms, CTF-style challenges, and subscription tiers (similar to CWL's Premium Membership) targeting the same individual learner and SMB segments in offensive and defensive security.
• OffSec (Offensive Security): OffSec is the creator of OSCP/OSEP and the leading hands-on offensive security certification body, operating Learn One/Enterprise subscriptions that directly overlap CWL's CRTA/CRTS/CRT-ID portfolio and enterprise training motion.

Broad incumbents

• Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a broad technology learning platform with a substantial cybersecurity course library and enterprise skills assessment offering; it overlaps CWL's enterprise team training motion but with much wider scope beyond cyber.
• SANS Institute: SANS Institute is the dominant incumbent in cybersecurity training with hundreds of courses, GIAC certifications, and large enterprise/government contracts; it competes across CWL's full offensive/defensive/cloud portfolio but at much higher price points and with a sales-led enterprise motion.
• EC-Council: EC-Council is a long-standing cybersecurity certification body (CEH, ECSA, LPT) with a global training partner network, overlapping CWL's certification-driven business model and enterprise training channel for offensive security credentials.

Emerging players

• RangeForce: RangeForce is an emerging enterprise-focused cybersecurity skills development platform with cloud-based cyber range labs, comparable to CWL's Cyber Range Labs and CWL Infinity Learning platforms for team-based defensive/offensive skill building.
• TCM Security: TCM Security is an emerging player in practical cybersecurity and pentesting training offering PNPT and Practical Bug Bounty certifications, directly comparable to CWL's certification catalog targeting individual learners in offensive security.
• Antisyphon Training: Antisyphon Training is an emerging cybersecurity training provider focused on affordable, practitioner-led blue/purple team courses from recognized instructors, directly comparable to CWL's accessibility-and-affordability positioning and multi-track content approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cyberwarfarelab
• GitHubgithub.com/RedTeamOperations
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4X1CYxw0fDIpFX5zmC8WNg
• Facebookfacebook.com/cyberwarfarelabs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cyberwarfare
• Instagraminstagram.com/cyberwarfare_labs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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