The document outlines a platform designed to educate software developers about cybersecurity threats through an interactive approach that involves exploring, exploiting, and mitigating vulnerabilities. It describes a business model that includes free access for users, freemium memberships for professionals, and tools for universities and organizations to conduct assessments and competitions. The roadmap includes various stages of development and integration to enhance the platform's offerings.

1. vitaL
vulnerabilities identification, tackling, and learning

2. Problem
The knowledge of cyber security is
constrained to a few “experts”, making it
more of a niche skill, rather than a way of
developing good software.

3. Product
Overview
We offer developers a way to learn
about cybersecurity threats using
our Explore–Exploit–Mitigate
strategy

4. Interactive & beginner-friendly
platform to teach software developers
important concepts related to
cybersecurity and various types of cyber
attacks.
Solution

5. Strategy
Explore Exploit Mitigate
Learn about the
cybersecurity vulnerabilities by
exploring it through the
provided sandbox.
Perform a hands-on to exploit
the cybersecurity vulnerability
and understand the
risks associated.
Fix the vulnerability by changing
the code implementation
to make the sandbox secure.

6. Business Model
We have devised multiple ways to generate revenue from Vital platform while
keeping it free of charge for general use.
Students
Evaluation platform
for coursework in
universities.
Professionals
Freemium
memberships for
software
professionals.
Assessments
Interview platform
for recruiting.
Competitions
Platform for
organizations to host
cybersecurity
competitions.
LMS
Integrable with
existing LMS tools for
trainings.

7. Roadmap
Week 1
Setup, Planning &
POCs
Infrastructure &
Authentication
Week 3
Week 5
Integration
Week 7
Sandboxes &
Tutorial Engine
and beyond...
More Sandboxes &
Enhancements

8. Architecture

9. Meet the Team
O T
Team lead. Fullstack
adeebm@uci.edu
Maaz Syed Adeeb
Backend
shuvamg@uci.edu
Shuvam Ghosh
Frontend
kvaibhav@uci.edu
Kumar Vaibhav
Backend, Cyber security,
Architecture design, DevOps
vbharot@uci.edu
Vineet Bharot