Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Game for Cybersecurity Awareness (CybAR)
The number of damaging cyberattacks is increasing exponentially due in part to lack of user awareness of risky online practices, such as visiting unsafe websites, ignoring warning messages, and communicating with unauthenticated entities. Although research has established the role that game-based le...
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| description | The number of damaging cyberattacks is increasing exponentially due in part to lack of user awareness of risky online practices, such as visiting unsafe websites, ignoring warning messages, and communicating with unauthenticated entities. Although research has established the role that game-based learning can play in cognitive development and conceptual learning, relatively few serious mobile games have been developed to educate users about different forms of cyberattack and ways of avoiding them. This paper reports the development of an effective augmented reality (AR) game designed to increase cybersecurity awareness and knowledge in an active and entertaining way. The Cybersecurity Awareness using Augmented Reality (CybAR) game is an AR mobile application that teaches not only cybersecurity concepts, but also demonstrates the consequences of actual cybersecurity attacks through feedback. The design and evaluation of the application are described in detail. A survey was conducted to verify the effectiveness of the game received positive responses from 91 participants. The results indicate that CybAR is useful for players to develop an understanding of cybersecurity attacks and vulnerabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b44b7780f5974068ab99995e764901772022-12-22T00:28:45ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892020-02-0111212110.3390/info11020121info11020121Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Game for Cybersecurity Awareness (CybAR)Hamed Alqahtani0Manolya Kavakli-Thorne1Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney 2113, AustraliaDepartment of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney 2113, AustraliaThe number of damaging cyberattacks is increasing exponentially due in part to lack of user awareness of risky online practices, such as visiting unsafe websites, ignoring warning messages, and communicating with unauthenticated entities. Although research has established the role that game-based learning can play in cognitive development and conceptual learning, relatively few serious mobile games have been developed to educate users about different forms of cyberattack and ways of avoiding them. This paper reports the development of an effective augmented reality (AR) game designed to increase cybersecurity awareness and knowledge in an active and entertaining way. The Cybersecurity Awareness using Augmented Reality (CybAR) game is an AR mobile application that teaches not only cybersecurity concepts, but also demonstrates the consequences of actual cybersecurity attacks through feedback. The design and evaluation of the application are described in detail. A survey was conducted to verify the effectiveness of the game received positive responses from 91 participants. The results indicate that CybAR is useful for players to develop an understanding of cybersecurity attacks and vulnerabilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/2/121augmented realitycybersecurity awarenessgame-based learninggamification |
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| title | Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Game for Cybersecurity Awareness (CybAR) |
| title_full | Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Game for Cybersecurity Awareness (CybAR) |
| title_fullStr | Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Game for Cybersecurity Awareness (CybAR) |
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| title_short | Design and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality Game for Cybersecurity Awareness (CybAR) |
| title_sort | design and evaluation of an augmented reality game for cybersecurity awareness cybar |
| topic | augmented reality cybersecurity awareness game-based learning gamification |
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