The HeroLab is not only used by our own pentesters, but also provides the training environment for our customers during usd Academy events, and is the basis for regularly held Hacker Days for students and universities. Pentesters can train their methodical skills, creativity and endurance in real life pentesting, using a continuously growing number of preconfigured server environments, various technologies and vulnerabilities of varying difficulty levels.
Participants can assess their skills and personal advancement through skill points with an associated ranking function.
Find out more about the HeroLab and how to become a part of the community at https://herolab.usd.de
DORA Deep Dive: Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT)
Since the publication of the original blog post in May 2024, the final version of the RTS for TLPT has been released. The blog post has been updated accordingly and now covers the current requirements. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into force on...



