DocumentCode :
3423557
Title :
Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework
Author :
Labuschagne, W.A. ; Veerasamy, N. ; Burke, Ivan ; Eloff, M.M.
Author_Institution :
UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa
fYear :
2011
fDate :
15-17 Aug. 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
9
Abstract :
Social networking sites are a popular medium of interaction and communication. Social networking sites provide the ability to run applications and games to test users´ knowledge. The popularity of social networks makes it an ideal tool through which awareness can be created on existing and emerging security threats. This paper proposes an interactive game hosted by social networking sites with the purpose of creating awareness on information security threats and vulnerabilities. The game applies principles of good game design which includes: the decisions over hypermedia, multimedia and hypertext to achieve perception, comprehension or projection, comprehensive database of questions, weighted system, use of practical data, automation, dynamcis, effort and user acceptance. The aim of the paper is show the effectiveness of using a virtual tool in cyber awareness creation. This paper will thus deal with the proposal of an interactive web-based game which informs and then tests users about potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
Keywords :
Internet; computer games; multimedia computing; security of data; social networking (online); virtual reality; cyber awareness creation; cyber security awareness game; game design; hypermedia; hypertext; information security threat; interactive Web-based game; interactive game; multimedia; security vulnerability; social media framework; social networking site; user knowledge; virtual tool; Games; Information security; Internet; Multimedia communication; Social network services; Training; application; awareness; security; social networking; threat; vulnerability;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Security South Africa (ISSA), 2011
Conference_Location :
Johannesburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1481-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISSA.2011.6027538
Filename :
6027538
Link To Document :
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