About

CI Cyber Lab is a training platform for analysts working in counterintelligence and digital forensics. I run it in my personal capacity. Every scenario is fabricated — fabricated artifacts, fabricated names, fabricated cases. No real incident is reproduced here.

I built it for CI Digital Threat Investigators (CDTIs) coming out of formal coursework. The ramp into the work is steep, the available material is scattered across textbooks and trial-by-fire, and most of what an analyst eventually needs they pick up from working real cases under a senior reviewer. This is the trainer I wish existed when I started — a place to practice reading artifacts and writing findings without anyone's actual incident on the line.

Each scenario walks one reading skill: look at the evidence, decide what is supportable, write it down. The debriefs separate fact from inference and call out the over-claims a reviewer (or opposing counsel) will pick on.

What this isn’t

This is not a substitute for unit training or for the supervision of credentialed examiners. Completing a scenario doesn't certify anyone for anything. It's not affiliated with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, or any other government agency — I maintain it in my personal capacity. And it's not a commercial product: no subscriptions, no paywalls, no ads.

Data and privacy

Account email and display name are the only personal data the site collects, and the only thing they're used for is sign-in and the per-user progress page. No analytics tracking of identifiable users; no advertising; no third-party sharing.

For IT administrators

If you're evaluating whether to allow this site on a managed network: the appropriate URL category is Education or Training / Tools. The site serves educational content; there's no user-to-user messaging, no public posting, and no learner file upload.

Contact

Questions, miscategorizations, or content concerns are best raised at github.com/silvance/Platform/issues.