Open-Source Cybersecurity Tools: Security Awareness & Training
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This category contains 7 documented tools. It focuses on capabilities used for human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Use this section when building shortlists, comparing operational tradeoffs, and mapping controls to detection/response ownership.
Category Evaluation Checklist
- Coverage depth against your highest-priority threats and compliance obligations.
- Operational overhead for deployment, tuning, and long-term maintenance.
- Signal quality versus analyst workload and false-positive pressure.
- Integration fit with SIEM, ticketing, identity, cloud, and engineering workflows.
- Governance readiness including auditability, ownership clarity, and change control.
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Letter B
This letter section contains 1 tools.
BadBlood
- Website: https://www.secframe.com/badblood/
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team
What it does: BadBlood is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: Fills a test (non-production) Windows Domain with data that enables security analysts and engineers to practice using tools to gain an understanding and prescribe to securing Active Directory.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team > Preparedness training and wargaming.
Letter C
This letter section contains 1 tools.
Caldera
- Website: https://caldera.mitre.org/
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team
What it does: Caldera is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: Scalable, automated, and extensible adversary emulation platform developed by MITRE.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team > Preparedness training and wargaming.
Letter H
This letter section contains 2 tools.
Haaukins
- Website: https://github.com/aau-network-security/haaukins
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome CTF
What it does: Haaukins is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: A Highly Accessible and Automated Virtualization Platform for Security Education.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Create > Platforms.
HR and training
- Website: https://github.com/cyb3rxp/awesome-soc/blob/main/hr_training.md
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome SOC
What it does: HR and training is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: Source list entry describing this security tool and its use case.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Table of Content.
Letter L
This letter section contains 1 tools.
LetsDefend
- Website: https://letsdefend.io
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome Threat Detection
What it does: LetsDefend is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: Hands-On SOC Analyst Training.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Awesome Threat Detection and Hunting > Trainings.
Letter R
This letter section contains 1 tools.
RedEye
- Website: https://cisagov.github.io/RedEye/
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team
What it does: RedEye is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: Analytic tool to assist both Red and Blue teams with visualizing and reporting command and control activities, replay and demonstrate attack paths, and more clearly communicate remediation recommendations to stakeholders.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Awesome Cybersecurity Blue Team > Preparedness training and wargaming > Post-engagement analysis and reporting.
Letter T
This letter section contains 1 tools.
TryHackMe
- Website: https://tryhackme.com
- Model: Open Source
- Category: Security Awareness & Training
- Source Lists: Awesome Threat Detection, Awesome Hacking
What it does: TryHackMe is used in security awareness & training programs to support human risk reduction through behavioral learning and simulation. Source summaries describe it as: Hands-on cyber security training through real-world scenarios.
Operational value: Security teams commonly use this capability to improve consistency between detection, investigation, and response decisions, especially when alerts, evidence collection, and triage ownership are distributed across multiple teams.
Typical deployment pattern: Implementations usually start with scoped pilot coverage, baseline logging/telemetry validation, and explicit runbook mapping so analysts understand when to escalate, contain, or defer.
Selection considerations: As an open-source option, teams usually evaluate maintainer activity, release cadence, and community response quality. Related source context: Awesome Threat Detection and Hunting > Trainings.