Introducing RAVEN-X: One Platform for Cyber Operations

Every cybersecurity team runs on infrastructure. Assessment tools, attack and defense labs, training ranges, analysis environments and mission applications all need somewhere to run, someone to manage them, and a record of who did what.

In most organizations, that infrastructure grows one project at a time. A hypervisor here, a container host there, a lab rack for a customer engagement, and a spreadsheet to keep track of it all. It works until the team grows, the work moves to a customer site with no Internet connection, or an auditor asks who had access to what.

We built RAVEN-X to fix that.

What RAVEN-X is

RAVEN-X is a unified cybersecurity platform developed by Cyber Defense Technologies (CDT). It gives organizations a common foundation for managing the tools, infrastructure and environments behind their cybersecurity missions, from enterprise networks and engineering labs to customer sites and remote locations.

The platform is modular. Teams start with the foundation, RAVEN-X Core with Sentinel Manager, then add modules as their mission requires.

Available now: Core with Sentinel Manager

Core provides the virtualized and containerized infrastructure for security tools and mission applications. It supports:

• KVM virtual machines
• Docker containers
• Kubernetes workloads

Sentinel Manager is the operational interface on top. It brings supported virtual machines, containers, platform permissions, activity records and backup workflows together in one experience, so administrators are not jumping between consoles to answer simple questions.

Built for places without the cloud

Much of the most important security work happens where cloud services are not an option: a customer's isolated lab, a classified enclave, a remote site with unreliable connectivity. Once the environment and its required dependencies are configured, Core supports local administration when Internet connectivity is limited or unavailable. Control stays close to the work.

Where teams use it

• Cybersecurity labs
• Customer-site assessments
• Team exercises
• Technical training
• Infrastructure supporting remote operations

Why one platform matters

A shared foundation. Offensive, defensive, engineering and training teams use the same base, so environments, skills and lessons carry from one mission to the next.

Repeatable environments. Assessments, exercises and capability development are only comparable when they run on consistent infrastructure. RAVEN-X makes that the default.

Accountability built in. Permissions and activity records live with the infrastructure, which makes it easier to answer the access and change questions that auditors and customers ask.

Room to grow. New mission areas plug into the same platform instead of starting another silo.

What comes next

We are building RAVEN-X modules for the mission areas our customers ask about most. These modules are planned and in development:

• RAVEN-X WAVES is planned to extend the platform through RF, 4G/5G cellular, Wi-Fi and satellite communications integrations, for assessment, engineering and testing across the communications environment.
• RAVEN-X SKYFALL is planned to focus on drone detection and authorized offensive and defensive drone security applications.
• RAVEN-X Autonomous Operator is planned to introduce AI-enabled autonomous operators for defined Red, Blue and Purple Team workflows, operating within the mission scope, constraints and oversight the organization sets.

We will cover each module in its own article over the coming weeks.

Platform and expertise together

RAVEN-X is not a replacement for skilled people. It is the foundation they work from. CDT pairs the platform with our penetration testing, red team, secure architecture and incident response services, so customers can connect platform capability to their security objectives from day one.

See RAVEN-X

Visit the RAVEN-X product page for details on Core and the planned modules, or contact us to request a demonstration.