Athena is a Kubernetes-native platform for deploying isolated, reproducible Capture The Flag environments — for universities, security teams, and enterprise organizations.
Most CTF platforms are built for hobbyists: shared hosting, static files, minimal isolation. They work for casual events. They don't work for organizations that need repeatability, isolation, and control.
Athena runs on your Kubernetes cluster. Each team gets an isolated namespace. Environments are ephemeral—provisioned on demand, destroyed on completion. Nothing persists unless you want it to.
Core features, not bolted-on options.
Challenges run as pods and services. No VMs. Lifecycle handled at the cluster layer.
Each team gets a dedicated namespace with NetworkPolicies. No cross-team interference.
Run multiple competitions concurrently. No shared state between events.
From 40 to 500+ participants. You control the cluster footprint.
Inspect, pause, reset, or terminate any environment from the admin panel.
GKE, EKS, AKS, or on-prem. No vendor lock-in.
For organizations running security training as a program, not an event.
Repeatable environments for coursework and competitions. Per-student isolation, defined scoring windows, institutional pricing.
Deploys into your existing Kubernetes workflow. No dedicated ops. Scales without unpredictable usage costs.
Red team exercises, onboarding, partner training. Full audit trails and administrative controls.
All tiers include the complete platform. Scale and support adjust to your needs.
Monthly billing. Quota resets monthly.
Request Access1 event per month. 300 instance-hours per CTF. Custom subdomain. Best-effort support.
Real security work happens in distributed systems and containerized environments. Training on simplified setups produces practitioners unprepared for production infrastructure.
Athena is built on three principles: environments that mirror production, platform-enforced isolation, and tooling that respects the operator.
Production-like environments. Real network topologies. No shortcuts.
Isolation and visibility built-in, not bolted on.
Security is serious. Training tools should be too.
We're onboarding a small group of early teams who need reliable CTF infrastructure. If that's you, let's talk. No pricing pressure, no sales deck — just getting you set up.