Interactive Environment for Effective Cybersecurity Teaching and Learning

Willi Lazarov; Tomas Stodulka; Tiina Schafeitel-Tähtinen; Marko Helenius; Zdenek Martinasek

doi:10.1145/3600160.3605007

Interactive Environment for Effective Cybersecurity Teaching and Learning

Willi Lazarov, Tomas Stodulka, Tiina Schafeitel-Tähtinen, Marko Helenius, Zdenek Martinasek

Computing Sciences

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Abstract

Cybersecurity affects all users to some extent, and it is essential to raise awareness about potential cybersecurity risks and improve practical skills from an early stage of their education. This paper addresses these aspects and discusses the research, design, and implementation of a platform for effective cybersecurity teaching and learning. Our main contribution is the creation of an interactive environment with the easy-to-use execution and management of educational and training scenarios. Our solution is tailored for multi-level education, as well as small to medium-sized institutions, and we have validated its effectiveness through several test sessions conducted with university and high school students. In addition, the paper presents selected preliminary results from the testing performed and an overall evaluation of the environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ARES '23
Subtitle of host publication	18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Proceedings
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-9
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-0772-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3600160.3605007
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2023
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security - Benevento, Italy Duration: 29 Aug 2023 → 1 Sept 2023

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Benevento
Period	29/08/23 → 1/09/23

Keywords

BUTCA
CTF
Cyber Range
Cybersecurity
Education
Training

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Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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Lazarov, W, Stodulka, T, Schafeitel-Tähtinen, T , Helenius, M & Martinasek, Z 2023, Interactive Environment for Effective Cybersecurity Teaching and Learning. in ARES '23: 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Proceedings., 69, ACM, pp. 1-9, International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Benevento, Italy, 29/08/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3600160.3605007

Interactive Environment for Effective Cybersecurity Teaching and Learning. / Lazarov, Willi; Stodulka, Tomas; Schafeitel-Tähtinen, Tiina et al.
ARES '23: 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Proceedings. ACM, 2023. p. 1-9 69.

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