Open source and commercial capture the flag cyber security learning platforms - A case study

Matthew Swann; Joseph Rose; Gueltoum Bendiab; Stavros Shiaeles; Fudong Li

doi:10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527941

Open source and commercial capture the flag cyber security learning platforms - A case study

Matthew Swann, Joseph Rose, Gueltoum Bendiab, Stavros Shiaeles, Fudong Li

School of Computing

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Abstract

The use of gamified learning platforms as a method of introducing cyber security education, training and awareness has risen greatly. With this rise, the availability of platforms to create, host or otherwise provide the challenges that make up the foundation of this education has also increased. In order to identify the best of these platforms, we need a method to compare their feature sets. In this paper, we compare related work on identifying the best platforms for a gamified cyber security learning platform as well as contemporary literature that describes the most needed feature sets for an ideal platform. We then use this to develop a metric for comparing these platforms, before then applying this metric to popular current platforms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	198-205
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665402859
ISBN (Print)	9781665402866
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527941
Publication status	Published - 6 Sept 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience - Virtual Duration: 26 Jul 2021 → 28 Jul 2021 https://www.ieee-csr.org/

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience
Abbreviated title	IEEE CSR
Period	26/07/21 → 28/07/21
Internet address	https://www.ieee-csr.org/

Keywords

Security
Capture the Flag Competitions
Gamified Learning Platforms
Cyber Security

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Swann, M, Rose, J, Bendiab, G, Shiaeles, S & Li, F 2021, Open source and commercial capture the flag cyber security learning platforms - A case study. in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 198-205, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, 26/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSR51186.2021.9527941

Open source and commercial capture the flag cyber security learning platforms - A case study. / Swann, Matthew; Rose, Joseph; Bendiab, Gueltoum et al.
2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 198-205.

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