Sydney, Australia – February 3rd – Netpoleon, a leading value-added distributor of cybersecurity and networking solutions across Asia Pacific, has announced a strategic partnership with Hack The Box (HTB) to deliver advanced cybersecurity education and workforce development solutions to organisations across Australia and New Zealand.
The partnership brings Hack The Box’s AI-driven, hands-on cybersecurity training platform to the ANZ market via Netpoleon’s extensive channel ecosystem, addressing a growing regional need for practical cyber skills, threat-driven readiness and measurable workforce capability.
As cyber threats across Australia and New Zealand continue to escalate in scale, sophistication and speed, organisations are facing increased pressure not only to comply with regulatory requirements, but to demonstrate genuine cyber resilience. The Netpoleon–Hack The Box partnership is designed to help enterprises, financial institutions and government agencies move beyond theoretical training, enabling security teams to get hands-on experience and build real-world capability aligned to modern attack techniques.
“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.”
Through the partnership, Netpoleon will distribute Hack The Box’s full portfolio of cybersecurity upskilling and readiness solutions, supporting organisations by building, assessing and operationalising cyber skills across red, blue and purple 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.”
Addressing the Cyber Skills Gap with Hands-On, Threat-Driven Learning
Hack The Box is a leading cybersecurity workforce development and readiness platform that enables organisations to build, assess and operationalise real-world cyber skills. Unlike traditional training approaches, Hack The Box focuses on hands-on, adversary-driven learning designed to prepare teams for the types of attacks that cause real data breaches.
At its core, Hack The Box addresses a critical reality facing governments, banks and enterprises today: technology alone does not stop breaches – skilled people do.
The platform is built around three core solution pillars:
HTB Academy – Structured Cyber Skills Development
HTB Academy provides guided, role-based learning paths aligned to real-world job functions including SOC analysts, incident responders, penetration testers, cloud security engineers, and red, blue and purple team roles. Training is hands-on rather than theory-only, mapped to recognised industry frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST and NICE, and supported by centralised reporting to provide visibility for managers and auditors. This enables organisations to systematically grow cyber capability while maintaining skills transparency and auditability.
HTB Labs – Real-World Technical Practice
HTB Labs simulate realistic enterprise environments spanning on-premises, hybrid and cloud infrastructures. Participants actively exploit vulnerabilities, pivot through networks, and practise detection, response and privilege escalation techniques in environments that mirror modern enterprise attack surfaces. This approach significantly reduces the gap between “trained” staff and operationally effective cyber practitioners.
Threat Range – Adversary-Driven Cyber Range and Simulation
Threat Range is Hack The Box’s enterprise-grade cyber range, delivering advanced, scenario-based simulations aligned to real-world threat actor behaviour. Scenarios mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework include ransomware, insider threats, lateral movement, data exfiltration and supply-chain compromise, enabling red, blue and purple teams to train together in safe, isolated environments that reflect real production architectures.
Designed for the ANZ Cyber Landscape
Organisations across Australia and New Zealand are grappling with a persistent cybersecurity skills shortage, increasingly sophisticated threat actors, and heightened regulatory scrutiny around cyber resilience and incident readiness. There is also growing pressure to demonstrate practical security capability, not just investment in tools.
By focusing on people, proficiency and preparedness, the Netpoleon and Hack The Box partnership helps organisations across ANZ strengthen cyber resilience where it matters most – in the capability of their people.
