Cybersecurity Skills And Training Platforms, Q1 2026
The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Skills And Training Platforms, Q1 2026 evaluates platforms and highlights the capabilities necessary for security teams to achieve agentic AI readiness.
Top-Ranked Categories
Breadth and timeliness of content
5/5
Cyber ranges and team exercises
5/5
Agentic AI readiness
5/5
Training assignment and curriculum management
5/5
Security and risk ecosystem integration
5/5
Product security
5/5
Innovation
5/5
Roadmap
5/5
Top-Ranked in 7 Categories
“SimSpace provides high-fidelity cyber ranges that replicate full enterprise networks…enabling organizations to measure people, processes, and technologies under live-fire conditions.”
— The Forrester Wave™
“The era of certification-based hiring and training is over…organizations must invest in realistic simulations that validate real-world readiness.”
— The Forrester Wave™
Cybersecurity teams have invested heavily in training. But when a real attack hits, the question isn’t whether teams completed a course.
It’s whether the entire defense system actually works.
In The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Skills and Training Platforms, Q1 2026, SimSpace is recognized for delivering cyber ranges that replicate full enterprise environments and measure operational performance under live-fire conditions.
“Organizations must prioritize environments that simulate complex enterprise conditions and test communication, escalation, and decision-making under pressure.”
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