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Friday, April 9, 2021

Game Improvements: Cybersecurity - Cryptography | DTE

Welcome to another post on my blog. In Digital Technology (DTE), we are looking at Cryptography in our main topic Cyber Security. Today, we played a few cryptography-based games which were assigned to us. The task which was given was to add what we wanted to add if we would to the game.

I played two games, Cybersecurity Lab - NOVA Labs and Cybersecurity Ops: Terminal. Both games were about cyber attacks and protecting them. 

The first game I played was the Cybersecurity Lab, in which we had to defend a company that is a target of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. Our task was to strengthen our cyber defences and prevent attackers by attacking the company. 

What I would change in the game are the games that are in the game. It looks quite plain when the games are too easy. I would make it a bit harder and more entertaining to play.

The second game I played was Cybersecurity Ops: Terminal. Where it is a simulated cyber breach game experience in a terminal. Our job was to respond decisively to protect the airport's systems, prevent the cybercriminals from taking control of the airport. This includes first being an IT analyst, troubleshooting suspicious WiFi outages and pushing firmware upgrades. Then, take the role of a manager tasked with recruiting and strategically deploying an incident response team. Finally, in the last role, the player is asked to make CISO-level official decisions, encourage concerned board members, and field calls from a reporter who can smell a story.

What I would change is the speed of the game. When we were given scenarios and asked to choose someone to solve the scenario, it goes really quickly and we aren't able to complete all tasks.