Enterceptor host hack-a-thons to assist teacher and students with understanding complex cybersecurity concepts. Teachers are given lesson plans to teach concepts, and methodologies prior to competition; so that students have a better understanding of the discipline. The challenges are meant to be educational and fun at the same time. The hack-a-thon is an assessment of the lessons learned leading up to the competition.  During the competition students face challenges that incorporate those lessons in some format.