Cybersecurity Awareness Platform with Virtual Coach and Automated Challenge Assessment
Abstract
Over the last years, the number of cyber-attacks on industrial control systems has been steadily increasing. Among several factors, proper software development plays a vital role in keeping these systems secure. To achieve secure software, developers need to be aware of secure coding guidelines and secure coding best practices. This work presents a platform geared towards software developers in the industry that aims to increase awareness of secure software development. The authors also introduce an interactive game component, a virtual coach, which implements a simple artificial intelligence engine based on the laddering technique for interviews. Through a survey, a preliminary evaluation of the implemented artifact with real-world players (from academia and industry) shows a positive acceptance of the developed platform. Furthermore, the players agree that the platform is adequate for training their secure coding skills. The impact of our work is to introduce a new automatic challenge evaluation method together with a virtual coach to improve existing cybersecurity awareness training programs. These training workshops can be easily held remotely or off-line.
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@article{arxiv.2102.10430,
title = {Cybersecurity Awareness Platform with Virtual Coach and Automated Challenge Assessment},
author = {Tiago Espinha Gasiba and Ulrike Lechner and Maria Pinto-Albuquerque and Anmoal Porwal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.10430},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Preprint accepted for publication at the 6th Workshop On The Security Of Industrial Control Systems & Of Cyber-Physical Systems (CyberICPS 2020)