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Hack The Box (HTB), the leading cyber readiness platform for the agentic era, has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Skills and Training Platforms, Q1 2026. The independent evaluation assessed seven major vendors on current offerings and strategy, with HTB earning the highest possible scores in 13 criteria—including agentic AI readiness, gamification, competition and recognition, learner experience and adoption, talent ecosystem integration, accessibility, and community—demonstrating its ability to build resilient human and AI-augmented security teams.
Forrester commended HTB’s bold vision to transform cybersecurity training into measurable, operational resilience—moving beyond compliance to evidence-based readiness under pressure. The report emphasized HTB’s well-defined roadmap, mature partner ecosystem, and rapid content updates aligned with emerging threats, including AI-augmented environments.
Organizations can use HTB to engage talent through realistic, gamified simulations, benchmark performance over time, and prepare teams to work effectively alongside AI systems while evaluating AI-generated outputs in live operations.
“Hack The Box has evolved into a platform we can confidently operate at enterprise scale, particularly for strengthening defensive readiness,” said Balaji Prakash Rao, Chief Product Security Officer and Deputy CISO at Resideo. “We use it to build consistent capabilities across roles, align training to industry frameworks, and measure progress through reporting that supports real-world security operations. What stands out most is Hack The Box’s continued investment in what’s next—operational readiness and AI-augmented security—while maintaining the hands-on, realistic simulations that drive measurable improvements for our cybersecurity teams.”
“We believe the Forrester Wave findings reinforce a broader shift happening across the cybersecurity workforce,” said Gibb Witham, President of Hack The Box. “With a growing emphasis on AI-augmented environments, the findings highlight the importance of training platforms that help practitioners work effectively alongside AI systems and evaluate AI-generated outputs in real-world security operations.”
“Over the past several years, we have invested heavily in building an enterprise-grade cyber readiness platform,” said Haris Pylarinos, Founder and CEO of Hack The Box. “For us, this recognition reflects the progress we’ve made, improving our platform scores across multiple enterprise capabilities while continuing to innovate in areas like AI-driven security operations and hands-on simulation training.”
This recognition solidifies HTB’s leadership in delivering scalable, evidence-based cyber resilience training that prepares both human teams and AI agents for the evolving threat landscape.
About Hack The Box
Hack The Box is the leading cyber readiness platform for the agentic era, battle-testing and upskilling both humans and AI agents to enhance organizational cyber resilience. Trusted by the Fortune 500, government agencies, and MSSPs, the platform delivers threat-informed learning paths consisting of real-world scenarios in gamified labs and live-fire simulations that build and validate offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. With a loyal community of more than 4 million members and 800+ enterprise customers, Hack The Box empowers teams and intelligent systems alike to strengthen cyber defenses and reduce breach risk effectively.
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