Five things we believe about offensive security in 2026: 1) The "lone hacker" model doesn't scale, and never really did. 2) Proactive isn't a buzzword. It's a budget line that's finally being defended. 3) Training without operational context is just content. 4) Tool sprawl is a bigger risk than most teams admit. 5) The teams that win are the ones that share what they learn. Everything we're building at Subverted lines up behind those five. #CyberSecurity #Subverted #OffensiveSecurity #ProudlySouthAfrican

Three reasons teams are moving away from individual training and toward team-based upskilling: 1) Skills don't stick when only one person learns them. 2) Real-world ops need coordinated teams, not lone operators. 3) Budget goes further when training scales across the team, not per seat. Academy for Teams brings SOCForge, LabForge, and team seats into one programme, built for the second model, because that's the one that actually changes outcomes. #CyberSecurity #SecurityTeams

If cyber capability is on your radar, we should talk. Come speak to us at ITWeb Security Summit. 2 & 3 June | Sandton Convention Centre, JHB. #Subverted #ITWebSecuritySummit

Cyber training needs better conversations. Find us at ITWeb Security Summit. 2 & 3 June | Sandton Convention Centre, JHB. #Subverted #ITWebSecuritySummit

Something new is loading at Subverted Academy. New defensive courses, hands-on training environments and practical ways for teams to sharpen their cyber skills. First look coming at ITWeb Security Summit, 2 & 3 June. Come find us there. The lab lights are starting to flicker. #Subverted #CyberSecurity Come find us there. The lab lights are starting to flicker. #Subverted #CyberSecurity

The full Subverted team will be at IT Web Security Summit 2026. Come chat to us about new courses, defensive skills enablement and Academy for Teams. 2 & 3 June | Sandton Convention Centre, JHB. #Subverted #ITWebSecuritySummit #CyberSecurity 2 & 3 June. Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. See you there. #Subverted #ITWebSecuritySummit #CyberSecurity

NEW NODE DETECTED. Welcome Matthew, our new Lead Penetration Tester & Technical Content Creator at Subverted. More skill. More signal. Stronger network. #Subverted #CyberSecurity

NEW NODE DETECTED. Welcome Ariana, our new Marketing & Creative Lead at Subverted. More signal. More creativity. Stronger network. #Subverted #CyberSecurity

Security doesn’t stop where your network ends.   Our CEO, Ulrich Swart, is joining the ISC2 Cape Town Chapter panel this Saturday to talk Third-Party Risk Management, vendor risk and cyber assurance.   In security, your risk rarely stays neatly inside your own environment. It travels through vendors, partners, platforms and the systems you rely on every day.   We’ll have some of the Subverted team there too, and we’d love to connect.   Join us for the conversation, come say hi, and chat to us about hacking, security education, training, labs, or where to start if you’re building your skills.

Every system has rules. Great hackers learn how they work. The best ones subvert them to build a better way. #CyberSecurity #EthicalHacking

The cybersecurity skills gap doesn’t start in the workplace. It starts in the classroom. Subverted Academy helps universities, technical academies and learnership programmes bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world cybersecurity skills. With hands-on labs, industry-level tools and structured learning paths, students gain practical experience across offensive security, defensive security and core IT foundations before entering the industry. One platform. Complete techhnical education. #CyberSecurityEducation #CyberSecurityTraining #SubvertedAcademy

Anyone can say they’re learning cybersecurity. Can you prove it? Watching ≠ doing. Introducing the SCSP Certification. Learn. Practice. Prove.

Most people aren’t lacking effort. They’re lacking structure.   You can study, grind, run labs all day… but without the right sequence, it doesn’t compound.   Progress = effort × structure. Cybersecurity rewards depth, not just speed.   #Cybersecurity #Infosec

Security education shouldn’t be fragmented. Your team shouldn’t need five platforms to develop skills in five different disciplines. Subverted Academy for Teams gives organizations one platform to develop skills across the entire security spectrum. From Linux and networking fundamentals to offensive security techniques and risk management frameworks. One platform. Every discipline. Your entire team. #SubvertedAcademy

New courses have landed on Subverted Academy.   Learn the techniques behind real offensive security workflows, from Active Directory enumeration to Kerberos abuse and AD network exploitation.   These courses are designed to give you the theoretical knowledge and practical skills you can immediately apply inside LabForge.   Train the techniques. Conquer the challenges. Practice in the labs or build your own environments and test what you’ve learned.   Learn the skills. Build the labs. Break the system.   #CyberSecurityTraining #ActiveDirectory #PenetrationTesting #SubvertedAcademy

From blank canvas to attack-ready lab in under 60 seconds.   With LabForge, our latest innovation inside Subverted Academy, you can design, launch, and attack custom lab environments in minutes. In this demo, a fully functional lab is built in under 60 seconds using LabForge’s visual builder.   LabForge is a build-it-yourself lab solution designed for offensive security practitioners who want more control over how they learn and test techniques.   With LabForge you can: • Build custom environments using a visual canvas or import existing Bloodhound data • Launch labs instantly with no infrastructure or setup overhead • Attack the environment immediately to discover paths and practice techniques   Whether you're replicating real-world environments, testing new attack techniques, validating tooling, or recreating privilege escalation chains, LabForge gives you a safe, controlled environment to experiment and sharpen your skills.   Labs can also be shared with the community, allowing others to launch, attack, and learn from scenarios created by fellow practitioners.   This is just the beginning. Build. Launch. Attack.   #CyberSecurityLabs #PenetrationTesting #ActiveDirectory #AttackSimulation

Some things aren’t meant to be solved. They’re meant to be built… and broken.   Coming soon to Subverted Academy.   #Cybersecurity #Hacking #Subverted

Cybersecurity labs are about to evolve.   Soon you won’t just attack the environment.   You’ll forge it.    Coming 09.03.2026   #SubvertedAcademy #Cybersecurity #Hacking