How Praxis works
Praxis is a hosted platform for cybersecurity tabletop exercises: realistic scenarios, live facilitated runs, and structured debriefs — built for schools and training programs at praxis.nextgencybered.org.
One exercise, three perspectives
Authors prepare content, facilitators run the room, and participants respond in real time.
Educators & authors
- Sign in with Google or email and join your school org via invite or domain.
- Create scenarios from the hub — blank editor, AI, or package import — and publish to your library.
- Browse Praxis catalog starters in the library; duplicate a catalog scenario to customize for your program.
Facilitators
- Run solo at your own pace or schedule a facilitated session from published scenarios.
- Open the facilitator kit on scenario detail for prep notes and a downloadable PDF.
- Present from the facilitator view with join code, timer, and vote controls.
- Drive the branch the class takes — votes inform the room, you choose the path.
Students & participants
- Join with a code only — no student account required.
- Read injects and submit votes on a mobile-friendly play view.
- Stay in sync as the facilitator advances the exercise.
Facilitated run — step by step
The most common classroom flow: a facilitator presents while the class joins on phones or laptops.
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Build or import a scenario
Authors publish branching scenarios in the library — blank editor, AI-assisted briefing, or Praxis package import.
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Run an exercise
Facilitators pick a scenario (your org or the shared Praxis catalog), choose run solo or schedule facilitated, and get a join code when presenting live.
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Participants join in seconds
Students open praxis.nextgencybered.org/join (or your shared link), enter the 6-character code, and join from any device — no app install.
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Run the incident
Brief the room, walk through injects, open voting on decision points, reveal results, and choose which branch the story follows.
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Review impact & debrief
After each major decision, see performance indicators and facilitator feedback, then advance. Finish with structured after-action discussion.
Ways to create scenarios
Visual editor
Build injects, decision branches, options, and attachments in a draft editor before publishing.
Create with AI
Generate a scenario briefing from a title and prompt, then refine the tree in the editor.
Import package
Bring in Praxis JSON packages with injects, options, performance indicators, and key takeaways.
Facilitator kit
Prep notes, timing guidance, and a PDF export on each scenario — especially for shared Praxis catalog starters.
Built for classrooms.
Modeled on real incidents.
Every scenario is designed to develop the instincts students need when something goes wrong.
Free for educators and students
No licenses, no seat limits, no barriers to access.
Realistic cyber scenarios
Ransomware, insider threats, vendor breaches, and more.
Decisions under pressure
Branching, timed scenarios that build critical thinking.
Instructor-led or self-facilitated
Run by a NextGenCyberEd instructor — or by your own teacher.
Join instantly with a 6-digit code
No accounts. No downloads. Students are in within seconds.
Structured after-action reports
Debrief to cement learning and identify the gaps that matter.
Ready to run your first exercise?
Educators sign in to author and facilitate. Students only need a join code.