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Design of a Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

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As cybersecurity education and training methods endeavor to build a skilled workforce to meet the growing demands of government and industry, it is important to craft training exercises to build and assess a learner’s understanding of cybersecurity topics in a fun and meaningful way. To meet this need, we designed a concept map and virtual model of a collaborative, virtual cybersecurity escape room. Escape rooms, which are a form of serious games intended to increase knowledge and skills or measure learning outcomes, are scenario-based and interactive in nature. The artifacts described align the serious gaming elements with elements associated with the learning experience to assist game designers and educators in addressing the need for a collaborative virtual space where learners can practice skills associated with cybersecurity in a gamified manner.

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  1. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA

    Tania Williams

  2. Dakota State University, Madison, SD, USA

    Omar El-Gayar

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  1. Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA

    Tommy Morris

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA

    Gilbert Peterson

  4. Information Technology and Systems Center (ITSC), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA

    Eric Imsand

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Williams, T., El-Gayar, O. (2022). Design of a Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room. In: Choo, KK.R., Morris, T., Peterson, G., Imsand, E. (eds) National Cyber Summit (NCS) Research Track 2021. NCS 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 310. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84614-5_6

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