FOR ORGANISATIONS

Cyber training infrastructure that works on your terms.

Deep Thought is a virtual cyber training platform that gives your organisation full control over its training environment. Proven in operational use at the UK’s Defence Cyber Academy since 2020, it has supported the training of more than 1,400 students in technically demanding environments.

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DEFENCE & GOVERNMENT

Growing the next generation of cyber experts.

Growing your own pipeline of cyber specialists is a necessity, not a preference. That requires a training infrastructure that is proven, secure, and under your control

Low project risk

Deep Thought is configured and operational within days so there is no lengthy implementation project, no complex infrastructure to install, and no dependency on a supplier to build your content. Deep Thought can be run alongside existing cyber training solutions, thereby de-risking adoption and transition, and enhancing the overall capability.

UK sovereign

Mafunzo is a UK-registered and operated company, led by UK military veterans, directly supporting the MOD’s drive for resilient domestic supply chains.

Proven and trusted

Deep Thought has been proven in a high-demand environment. In live operational use at the UK’s Defence Cyber Academy since 2020, with over 1,400 students trained. The platform’s development is guided by the instructors using it, which means it solves real problems rather than anticipated ones.

Predictable costs, no hidden fees

Licensing is straightforward. Platform updates and new features are released regularly and included as standard, so there are no upgrade fees, and no cost surprises as the platform develops.

No vendor lock-in

Have the freedom to create the training environments you want, when you want, without licensing restrictions. Content can be made by you, your suppliers or by us.

UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES

Students need hands-on labs that reflect real-world complexity.

Delivering that at scale, consistently, and within budget is the challenge. VMware licensing costs are rising. Local VM infrastructure is expensive to maintain, difficult to scale and heavily dependent on a small number of technical staff.

Deliver remote training

Students access environments through a browser with nothing to install. They can continue working outside scheduled lab time from anywhere in the world, allowing learning to continue beyond the classroom and supporting worldwide cohorts.

Centralised, simple, scalable

Lab environments are defined as reusable templates and deployed quickly. Every student gets an identical setup. Administrative burden and technical support costs drop significantly.

Safe-to-fail environments

Fully isolated sandboxes where students can experiment, attempt techniques, and break things that would be unlawful or dangerous on a live network. Essential to effective cyber security education.

CTFs and open day events

Run capture the flag competitions for student recruitment, inter-university events, or open days. Identify high-potential students early and raise the profile of your department.

What it means in practice

Works at the speed of your thinking

Build a new virtual environment, adapt an existing one, or deploy a completely different approach to a scenario the same day you have the idea. No support ticket, no vendor involvement, no waiting.

Every session, exactly as planned

Every student receives an identical, freshly deployed environment so there is no inconsistency, no drift over time, and no unexplained differences between cohorts. When a student pushes the environment further than intended, a single click restores it, and the session continues without interruption.

Students just need a browser

Students access their environments entirely through a web browser, which means there is nothing to install, and no VPN to configure. Local, remote and hybrid delivery are supported so that, where desired, students can continue working on their environments outside scheduled lab time from anywhere with an internet connection.

A safe space to go further

Deep Thought provides a fully isolated environment where students can experiment, practise, and explore scenarios that would be unlawful or dangerous on a live network without any legal, compliance, or infrastructure risk.

Competitions and live exercises

Deep Thought supports capture-the-flag events, red vs blue exercises, and inter-team competitions.

Gets better over time

The platform is updated regularly, based on feedback from the instructors using it. The platform you have today will only become more capable over time.

Deliver training around the world, remotely

Students connect from anywhere with a browser. No VPN, no client software, no IT prerequisites. The same lab experience whether a student is in the building or on the other side of the world.

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From environment creation to full-cohort deployment

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