Singapore Polytechnic students will now have state-of-the art facility to learn how to handle realistic cyber security scenarios.

The Cyber Wargame Centre, the first of its kind to be based in a tertiary institution, was official opened on Thursday.

The centre will be used mainly by students in the school's diploma in Infocomm Security Management course.

There are four labs where students will learn how to attack and defend networks, analyse malware systems and investigate cyber security problems.