Netpoleon, Hack The Box boost ANZ cyber skills training

Netpoleon has struck a distribution partnership with cybersecurity training provider Hack The Box to sell its skills development and readiness platform across Australia and New Zealand.

Netpoleon said it will take Hack The Box products to market through its channel network. The companies positioned the deal around demand for hands-on cyber training and workforce measurement in a region facing skills shortages and tighter expectations on cyber resilience.

Hack The Box sells a training platform that uses practical exercises and simulations. It targets security roles across offensive and defensive disciplines. The company said it focuses on training aligned with real attack techniques.

Louis Harding, Vice President of Asia Pacific at Hack The Box, linked the partnership to the regional threat environment and regulatory pressure.

"As cyber threats across Australia and New Zealand continue to evolve in scale, sophistication and speed, organisations are under growing pressure to demonstrate not just compliance, but true cyber resilience," said Louis Harding, Vice President of Asia Pacific at Hack The Box. "Hack The Box's AI-powered cybersecurity readiness and upskilling platform is purpose-built to address this challenge by transforming how cyber skills are developed, from theoretical learning to real-world, hands-on readiness. Our partnership with Netpoleon is timely for the ANZ market, enabling enterprises, financial institutions and government agencies to strengthen workforce capability, meet rising regulatory expectations, and build lasting cyber trust through continuous, measurable cyber capability."

Netpoleon operates as a distributor across Asia Pacific. It works with security and networking vendors and sells through channel partners. The company said the Hack The Box portfolio will sit alongside other products it distributes.

Paul Lim, Regional Director ANZ at Netpoleon, described the partnership in terms of expanding training options for security teams.

"Netpoleon is pleased to partner with and distribute solutions from Hack The Box to enhance cyber capabilities for the channel and the broader cybersecurity community," said Paul Lim, Regional Director ANZ at Netpoleon. "As part of a broader effort to strengthen red, blue and purple teams - complemented by other solutions in Netpoleon's portfolio - our goal is to provide holistic skills solutions across the entire cyber lifecycle, from education and governance through to identification, detection, prevention, response and recovery."

Product scope

Netpoleon said it will distribute Hack The Box's full portfolio in the two countries. The offering covers structured learning, technical practice environments and simulated attack scenarios for teams.

Hack The Box groups its products into three main areas. The first is HTB Academy, which provides guided training paths built around job roles. The company listed roles such as SOC analysts, incident responders, penetration testers and cloud security engineers. It also referenced red, blue and purple team training.

Hack The Box said the Academy content maps to widely used security frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK, NIST and NICE. It also includes reporting for managers and auditors. The company said it uses this to provide oversight of progress and skills.

The second product group is HTB Labs. Hack The Box said Labs simulate enterprise environments across on-premises, hybrid and cloud setups. Participants work through exercises that include exploiting vulnerabilities and moving through networks. The company also described activities that include detection, response and privilege escalation practice.

The third product group is Threat Range, which Hack The Box described as an adversary-driven cyber range. The company said the scenarios map to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. It listed scenario types that include ransomware, insider threats, lateral movement, data exfiltration and supply-chain compromise. Hack The Box said teams can train in isolated environments that reflect production architectures.

Regional demand

The companies framed the partnership around a sustained shortage of security skills in Australia and New Zealand. They also pointed to increasing scrutiny of incident readiness and cyber resilience. Large organisations face expectations from regulators and boards. They also face pressure from customers and suppliers in critical supply chains.

In that context, vendors and distributors have pushed more training and assessment products into the market. Buyers also want clearer evidence of staff readiness and repeatable improvement. Hack The Box said it focuses on practical training rather than theory-only approaches. Netpoleon positioned its role as making the product suite available through resellers and service providers.

Hack The Box said it works with more than 1,500 organisations worldwide. It also cited a global community of more than 4 million members. The company sells products for enterprises, government agencies and managed security service providers.

Netpoleon said the partnership will cover organisations across enterprise, financial services and government in Australia and New Zealand through its channel ecosystem.