LOST project, a learning platform for security training

The LOST Project, a Learning platfOrm for Security Training, developed by “La Salle - Ramon Llull University” in collaboration with ISECOM, the “Institute for Security and Open Methodologies”, is an eLearning environment that helps security trainers to teach hands-on technological knowledge on security testing and auditing and engages students in the security world from the Ethical Hacking perspective. This environment is based on an elearning platform, a test bed to be used by the students, a management interface that allows the trainers to control what students do, the materials that students use during the learning process with challenges to motivate them as well as a list of projects and new ideas for students to develop their final thesis. This paper describes the components of the LOST Project, how it was developed, how it is used and the results obtained with the students enrolled in the corresponding security courses.