Beyond Infrastructure.
Building Communities.
TxCR's impact extends far beyond virtual machines and classrooms. We're empowering students with real-world experience, partnering with institutions to share knowledge, and supporting critical infrastructure that advances cybersecurity education and research.TxCR's impact extends beyond virtual machines. We empower students, partner with institutions, and support infrastructure that advances cybersecurity education and research.
Empowering Our Team
TxCR team members gain real-world experience, proven career outcomes, and network exposure that transforms student work into professional opportunity.
Real Work, Real Results
At TxCR, you're not just observing, you're building. TxCR team members operate within a professional environment that mirrors real-world enterprise standards, using the same technologies, frameworks, and workflows found in industry. Every project you touch directly impacts our operations, giving you tangible, hands-on experience that translates into immediate professional growth.
Proven Career Outcomes
100% of TxCR student employees have secured internship, full-time, or graduate school offers for Summer 2025 — including placements with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. Experience here means you graduate with a track record of results, professional references, and industry-recognized skills that set you apart.
Unmatched Resume & Network Exposure
You'll work alongside some of the most talented and driven students on campus, people who challenge you, teach you, and inspire you daily. Beyond that, TxCR actively promotes your accomplishments through our LinkedIn and sponsor networks, connecting you to recruiters, alumni, and partner organizations. You'll build a stronger personal brand, gain visibility, and join a professional community that opens doors.
Contractor Program
The Contractor Program is a professional development initiative that allows advanced students with technical skills to collaborate on a semester-based contract with TxCR's Flagship Projects. Contractors are selected through comprehensive screening to search for qualified candidates based on experience, technical skills, and leadership capabilities.
Professional Development
Work on flagship TxCR projects in a professional capacity, gaining real-world experience with production systems and enterprise-grade infrastructure used by students, faculty, and researchers across Texas A&M University.
Semester-Based Contracts
Collaborate with TxCR on defined projects spanning an academic semester. Contribute to flagship services including infrastructure development, platform engineering, and tool deployment that directly impact the TxCR ecosystem.
Comprehensive Screening
Selected through a rigorous process evaluating experience, technical skills, and leadership capabilities. This ensures contractors possess the advanced knowledge and professionalism needed to deliver on critical TxCR initiatives.
Contributor Program
This initiative was established during Fall 2025 as its first giving back program to the community. This program meant for anyone interested to closely collaborate with Texas Cyber Range to secure a project under their belt.
Contributors work in semester-based cohorts, developing their own projects such as research, CTF challenges, open-source software development – all under director mentorship of TxCR Team Leads.
Their work is often reviewed to publish on the Ranger Post, presented at TxCR Demo Day, and recognized on official TxCR platforms. The programs operate remotely with flexibility commitment (3-5 hours per week) and include mentor-mentee models, weekly progress reports through TxCR Discord.
Semester-Based Cohorts
Work alongside fellow contributors in structured cohorts that span an academic semester. Develop your own projects with guidance from experienced TxCR Team Leads who provide direct mentorship throughout your journey.
Project Development
Choose your path: research, CTF challenge creation, or open-source software development. Your work may be featured on the Ranger Post, presented at TxCR Demo Day, and recognized on official TxCR platforms.
Flexible & Remote
Operate remotely with a flexible time commitment of 3-5 hours per week. Stay connected through mentor-mentee models and weekly progress reports via TxCR Discord, ensuring support while maintaining work-life balance.
Expanding Our Reach
The Texas Cyber Range Geographic Node initiative shares infrastructure, expertise, and innovation with partner institutions beyond Texas A&M, creating connected extensions that enable knowledge sharing and collaborative cyber range development.
College Station, Texas
COSU - TxCR Extension
The Corps of Cadets Cyber Operations Special Unit (COSU) serves as the first TxCR Geographical Node. Operating as an extension of the Texas Cyber Range, COSU provides cadets with their own infrastructure, guidance under engineers from TxCR to set up an environment for hands-on cyber operations, and national-level competition preparation.
Established in 2017, COSU trains both military-contracted and non-contracted cadets to develop advanced technical and leadership skills in cybersecurity. Through its collaboration with the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center and TxCR, the unit integrates real-world cyber scenarios into its curriculum, helping cadets gain the expertise necessary to lead in military, government, and industry cyber defense roles.
Interested in establishing a TxCR Geographical Node at your institution?
Collaborating Beyond Boundaries
TxCR partners with external institutions to share knowledge, infrastructure, and expertise. From building cyber ranges to joint research initiatives, these collaborations expand cybersecurity education and training nationwide.
University of Dayton
The Texas Cyber Range formed an active partnership with the University of Dayton Cyber Flyers during Fall 2025, marking TxCR's first intercollegiate collaboration node. It connects student-led cybersecurity facilities from Texas A&M University and University of Dayton, each participating partner enables shared access to infrastructure, competitions, and joint research initiatives.
Publication Hub
TxCR worked with Cyber Flyers to create and host cf.therangerpost.com, a dedicated subdomain serving as the Cyber Threats and Mitigation team publication hub. The team assisted in deployment and configuration of Ghost CMS, editorial permissions, and ongoing account provisioning.
Infrastructure Sharing
The partnership enables shared access to cybersecurity infrastructure, allowing both institutions to leverage their combined resources for enhanced training, research, and competition preparation. This creates a collaborative ecosystem for student-led innovation.
Joint Research
TxCR explores new content areas and education initiatives through collaborative research and training in phishing awareness and simulation with guidance from the Cyber Flyers' Phishing Simulation Team, strengthening both programs' capabilities.
Interested in partnering with TxCR? We're always looking for institutions to collaborate with on cybersecurity infrastructure, education, and research.
Enabling Critical Systems
TxCR provides essential virtualization and computing resources to support critical cybersecurity infrastructure and student organizations, enabling hands-on learning and research beyond our core operations.
SCADA Laboratory
The supporting IT network is built on a virtualized Xen-Orchestra environment, running engineering workstations on Windows 11 and Linux equipped with leading industrial software, including Studio5K, TIA Portal, TwinCAT 3, and Ignition Designer.
The hybrid IT/OT enterprise network employs multiple industrial communication protocols, including TCP/IP, Ethernet/IP, ProfiNET, and Modbus TCP/IP, allowing comprehensive testing across different system architectures.
Texas A&M Cybersecurity Club
The Texas A&M Cybersecurity Club is a student-led organization that utilizes the Texas Cyber Range infrastructure to host workshops, competitions, and training events for its members.
While the club operates independently, TxCR provides virtualization environments and computing resources to power its daily hands-on learning programs.
