Why We Rebranded
After a decade as the NICE Challenge Project, we have rebranded to Experience Cyber, or XP Cyber for short. This rebranding is meant to better encompass all the different work we do in the cyber education space and recognize that after ten years, we are not just a "project" anymore. As part of this effort, we have rebranded the NICE Challenge Webportal to the XP Cyber Range and the NICE Challenge Helpdesk to the XP Cyber Support Portal.
What Has Changed
New Logo
A new logo to match our new brand!
New Official Names, URLs, & Email Addresses
NICE Challenge Name, URL, or Email | XP Cyber Name, URL, or Email |
NICE Challenge Project | Experience Cyber / XP Cyber |
NICE Challenge Webportal | XP Cyber Range |
NICE Challenge HelpDesk | XP Cyber Support Portal |
New Platform (Cyber Range) Email Address
The XP Cyber Range sends emails using a new platform email address: no-reply@xpcyber.com. Curators and players must be able to receive these emails to set up their accounts, reset their passwords, receive assignment and workspace notifications, and receive any other non-support emails.
If your institution requires email addresses to be whitelisted before your Curators or Players can receive emails from them, you will need to have the new platform email address, no-reply@xpcyber.com, whitelisted before you can start using the XP Cyber Range. To ensure users affected by this change can transition smoothly, the NICE Challenge Webportal will continue to operate and use the old platform email address, no-reply@nice-challenge.com, until the Summer of 2025.
What Didn't Change
User Accounts, Passwords, & Account Data
All user accounts (i.e., Players, Curators, and Overseers) from NICE Challenge Webportal can be used to log in to the XP Cyber Range using the same login credentials. Additionally, all NICE Challenge Webportal account data associated with those user accounts (e.g., assignments, submissions, player rosters, player groups, signatures, workspaces, seat credits, etc.) is available on the XP Cyber Range.
All user accounts from the NICE Challenge HelpDesk have transitioned to the XP Cyber Support Portal and can be accessed using the same login credentials. Additionally, all NICE Challenge Helpdesk account data associated with those user accounts (e.g., support tickets) has transitioned to the XP Cyber Support Portal.
The Challenge Catalog
All the challenges (including threat sandboxes) and environments available in the NICE Challenge Webportal at the end of 2024 are available on the XP Cyber Range.
The Team, Mission, & Price
Rest assured, just because we changed our branding does not mean we have changed. We are still the same dedicated leadership, engineering, and support teams at California State University, San Bernardino, committed to delivering students and educators across the United States the cyber workforce experience before the workforce, at scale, year-round, and for free.
Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns about our rebranding, please contact us on the XP Cyber Support Portal.