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A new report on cybersecurity training from CMD+CTRL Security, a leader in software security training, underscores the importance of providing development and security teams with realistic hands-on training and how blended learning scenarios can help organizations improve ROI by identifying skills gaps. The findings announced today reveal that combining online courses with hands-on cyber ranges featuring realistic simulated environments not only accelerates developer skill growth but provides executives with clear insights into organizational readiness, talent development, and ROI.
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“Cyber ranges provide a strategic advantage, delivering actionable data to track ROI, identify skills gaps, and reduce risk,” said Jose Lazu, associate director of Product Management at CMD+CTRL Security. “This report demonstrates that immersive, role-based, and data-driven training helps strengthen organizational resilience and justify future investment.”
To compile the report, CMD+CTRL Security analyzed almost seven years of data (January 2019-June 2025), including participation in more than 1,100 of its cyber range events consisting of real-world scenarios. These events include more than 600,000 challenges completed by tens of thousands of learners in organizations from mid-size businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
Key findings in the report include:
CMD+CTRL offers a suite of 11 cyber ranges with real applications, servers, traffic, technologies, and vulnerabilities, designed to reinforce secure practices and accelerate skill development. The ranges are complemented by 250 online courses and 150+ hands-on learning labs to create a comprehensive learning experience.
“Effective security training delivers more than technical skills—it builds confidence, preparedness, and a sense of community, especially for early-career developers,” added Lazu. “Blended learning that integrates courses, assessments, cyber range challenges, and mentorship drives measurable impact and equips organizations to innovate at scale.”
CMD+CTRL was named a 2025 winner of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, the Fortress Cybersecurity Awards, and Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2025 Global Infosec Awards. In its 2024 Cyber Range Solutions Matrix, analyst firm Datos Insights categorized CMD+CTRL Security cyber ranges as “Best in Class” noting, “There is no other choice regarding upskilling application and API developers, and organizations will find CMD+CTRL an exceptional tool to upskill application developers.”
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New Report From CMD+CTRL Security Links Hands-On Cybersecurity Training to 126% Performance Gains
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting continued to rage Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that he had won agreement from both countries for a ceasefire.
Thai officials have said they did not agree to a ceasefire, and Cambodia has not commented on Trump’s claim. Its defense ministry instead said Thai jets carried out airstrikes Saturday morning. Cambodian media reported Trump’s claim without elaborating.
The latest large-scale fighting was set off by a skirmish on Dec. 7 that wounded two Thai soldiers and derailed a ceasefire promoted by Trump that ended five days of earlier combat in July over longstanding territorial disputes.
The July ceasefire was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through by pressure from Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless Thailand and Cambodia agreed. It was formalized in more detail in October at a regional meeting in Malaysia that Trump attended.
About two dozen people have officially been reported killed in this past week’s fighting, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced on both sides of the border.
The Thai military acknowledges 11 of its troops have been killed, while estimating there have been 165 fatalities among Cambodian soldiers. Cambodia has not announced military casualties, but has said at least 11 civilians have been killed and 76 wounded.
Trump on Friday, after speaking to Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, had announced an agreement to restart the ceasefire.
“They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim,” Trump said in his Truth Social post.
Trump’s claim came after midnight in Bangkok. Thai Prime Minister Anutin had after his call with Trump said he had explained Thailand’s reasons for fighting and said peace would depend on Cambodia ceasing its attacks first. The Thai foreign ministry later explicitly disputed Trump’s claim that a ceasefire had been reached. Anutin's busy day on Friday including dissolving Parliament so new elections could be held early next year.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, in comments posted early Saturday morning, also made no mention of a ceasefire.
He said he held phone conversations on Friday night with Trump, and a night earlier with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and thanked both “for their continuous efforts to achieve a long-lasting peace between Cambodia and Thailand.”
“Cambodia is ready to cooperate in any way that is needed,' Hun Manet wrote.
Thailand has been carrying out airstrikes on what it says are strictly military targets, while Cambodia has been firing thousands of medium-range BM-21 rockets that have caused havoc but relatively few casualties.
BM-21 rocket launchers can fire up to 40 rockets at a time with a range of 30-40 kilometers (19-25 miles). These rockets cannot be precisely targeted and have landed largely in areas from where most people have already been evacuated.
However, the Thai army announced Saturday that BM-21 rockets had hit a civilian area in Sisaket province, seriously injuring two civilians who had heard warning sirens and had been running toward a bunker for safety.
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Peck reported from Bangkok. Sopheng Cheang in Serei Saophoan, Cambodia, and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
An evacuee tastes soup as she takes refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing from home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Evacuees cook food as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Children raise their hands while receiving donation from charity as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Evacuees wait to receive donation from local charity as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Village security volunteers and resident run into shelter while the blasts sounded too close in Buriram province, Thailand, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, following renewed border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
