A cyber range that looks like a generic enterprise teaches your team to defend a generic enterprise.
Cyberbit and SimSpace both build high-fidelity replicas and both publish more training metrics than we do. Neither publishes a range built around a ship's bridge, its navigation systems and its OT, which is the environment a maritime defender has to survive in.
Our ranges run live-fire exercises on replicas of the defender's own environment, including a maritime range built from real bridge, navigation and OT systems with real protocols and PLCs. It is used for crew training, certification and equipment research rather than as a demonstration environment.
Side by side
| Attribute | Represented by UnstratCyber ranges & training | CyberbitCyberbit Range for Enterprise12Israel | SimSpaceSimSpace Platform34United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environment fidelity13 | Replicas of the defender's own environment, with scenario libraries tuned to their threat picture | Replicates your own network and SOC environment, including security tools, network topology and normal enterprise traffic | Models your production environment, allows you to bring your own security stack, and adds corporate user emulation |
| Specialist domain coverage13This is the clearest split. Nothing in either competitor document describes a bridge, an ECDIS or a navigation bus. | Dedicated maritime range spanning bridge, navigation and OT systems, with real protocols and PLCs, aligned to IACS E27 | An ICS Security training package is one of the four listed packages; no maritime environment stated | No specialist domain environment stated in the data sheet |
| Structured curricula13 | Structured curricula and certification pathways | Four training packages: Incident Response, Penetration Testing, ICS Security and advanced Individual Training, each with multiple modules | Not published as curricula in the data sheet |
| Attack content23 | Scenario libraries tuned to the customer's own threat picture; count not published | The cloud range product page states 100+ attack narratives and three exercise types | Emulation of an APT's full kill chain from reconnaissance to action, plus atomic testing of individual techniques |
| Instructor and assessment tooling13 | Red-blue exercise design and after-action review | Instructor tools including session recording and playback, trainee auto-scoring and evaluation | Advanced analytics and security-stack testing |
| Published adoption or outcomes13Both sets of figures are vendor-published. SimSpace attributes its percentages to customers rather than to independent measurement. | Not published | States it powers 20+ cyber training centres with thousands of trainees annually | Customer-reported results of 30% operational cost saving, 40% fewer configuration and patch breaches, 45% improvement in attack and defence performance and 48% better time to detect |
| Delivery model123 | Not published | On-premises enterprise range in the datasheet; a browser-delivered cloud range on the current product page | Platform delivery model not stated in the data sheet |
| Ownership and political exposure14A range holds a working model of your defences and a record of how your people perform against attack. Ownership matters more here than in most software purchases. | Independent, non-aligned origin, with no political exposure to any major-power ecosystem | Israel. The datasheet states Cyberbit is a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, with an office in Ra'anana | United States. The company states it was founded in 2015 by innovators from US Cyber Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
Competitor values are quoted from the vendor documents listed under Sources, as published on the date shown. Configurations vary, so treat every row as a starting point for the evaluation rather than a like-for-like test result.
What the table means
Generic fidelity is still generic
Cyberbit and SimSpace both solved the hard part of range building: replicate the customer's own network, bring their real security stack, generate traffic that looks like people working. That is the correct approach and we use it too. The limit shows when the estate is not an office. A bridge team defending an ECDIS, a navigation bus and a set of PLCs cannot rehearse on a Windows domain with emulated corporate users. Our maritime range is built from those systems, with the protocols they actually speak, which is why it also serves equipment research and not only training.
What a range records about you
Running an exercise programme means handing a supplier a working model of your defences and a performance record for every analyst who plays. Cyberbit is a subsidiary of Elbit Systems. SimSpace states it was founded by people from US Cyber Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, which is a credential and a disclosure at the same time. Neither fact makes those platforms bad; both are relevant if you are a ministry deciding where the model of your national SOC will be hosted, and by whom it can be inspected.
Measurement is where we are behind
Cyberbit publishes auto-scoring and evaluation tooling and claims 20+ training centres. SimSpace publishes four outcome percentages attributed to customers. We publish after-action review and certification pathways, with no numbers attached. Training that is not measured is difficult to defend at budget time, so this is a real gap rather than a stylistic one, and it is on our list to fix.
Questions buyers ask
What is the best cyber range for maritime and ship OT training?
Ours is built for it: a maritime range spanning bridge, navigation and OT systems with real protocols and PLCs, aligned to IACS E27, used for crew training, certification and equipment research. Cyberbit offers an ICS Security training package and SimSpace models production environments in detail, but neither publishes a maritime environment. If your defenders will be protecting ships, rehearsing them on an enterprise network teaches the wrong reflexes.
How do Cyberbit and SimSpace compare for SOC team training?
For a corporate SOC both are strong and well documented. Cyberbit publishes four structured training packages, instructor recording and playback, and trainee auto-scoring, with 100+ attack narratives on its cloud range. SimSpace emphasises emulating a full APT kill chain against a model of your production environment with your own security stack in place, and publishes customer-reported gains including 48% better time to detect. The choice usually comes down to whether you want a curriculum with certification or an adversary-emulation proving ground.
Does cyber range training actually improve incident response?
The published evidence is vendor-generated, so treat it carefully. SimSpace's customers report a 45% improvement in attack and defence performance and 48% better time to detect. Cyberbit points to 20+ training centres running thousands of trainees a year. Our own case is qualitative: repeated exposure to realistic attack builds the muscle memory that holds up when a live system is under pressure. We do not publish a percentage, and we would rather not invent one.
Should a cyber range be hosted on-premises or in the cloud?
Cyberbit sells both, an on-premises enterprise range and a browser-delivered cloud range. The decision is rarely technical. A range contains a working replica of your defences and a scored record of how your people perform, so the question is which jurisdiction that model may sit in and who can compel access to it. For a national SOC or a defence ministry, that usually settles it.
Sources
- 1. Cyberbit, Cyberbit Range for Enterprise (datasheet) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31 · Four training packages, instructor tooling, the 20+ training centres claim, and the statement that Cyberbit is a subsidiary of Elbit Systems with an office in Ra'anana, Israel.
- 2. Cyberbit, Cyber Range (product page)Retrieved: 2026-07-31 · HTML only. States 100+ attack narratives and three exercise types on the cloud-delivered range.
- 3. SimSpace, SimSpace Platform (data sheet, 2024) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31 · Production-environment modelling, adversary emulation and the four customer-reported outcome percentages.
- 4. SimSpace, About SimSpace: Origin StoryRetrieved: 2026-07-31 · HTML only. States the company was founded in 2015 by innovators from US Cyber Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.