A Cybersecurity Awareness Escape Room using Gamification Design Principles

Recent studies have shown that a significant fraction of cybercrimes are a direct result of user errors, which could be prevented with improved cybersecurity awareness training. We have developed a virtual cybersecurity escape room based on the three-dimensional Unity game development platform to im...

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Published in2022 IEEE 12th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC) pp. 0765 - 0770
Main Authors DeCusatis, C., Gormanly, B., Alvarico, E., Dirahoui, O., McDonough, J., Sprague, B., Maloney, M., Avitable, D., Mah, B.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 26.01.2022
Subjects
awareness
Codes
Conferences
Cybersecurity
Decision making
Ethics
Games
gamification
Measurement
Octalysis
Training
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Summary:Recent studies have shown that a significant fraction of cybercrimes are a direct result of user errors, which could be prevented with improved cybersecurity awareness training. We have developed a virtual cybersecurity escape room based on the three-dimensional Unity game development platform to improve cybersecurity awareness. Unlike most prior efforts, this application is based on the proven Octalysis gamification framework, which has been shown to improve user engagement and knowledge retention. Further, we integrate ethical decision making based on the IEEE Code of Ethics. Following a discussion of the application design, we present play testing results and experimentally quantify the application's performance based on eight gamification metrics.
DOI:10.1109/CCWC54503.2022.9720748