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2018
Gathering Insights from Teenagers' Hacking Experience with Authentic Cybersecurity Tools
ŠVÁBENSKÝ, Valdemar and Jan VYKOPAL
Basic information
Original name
Gathering Insights from Teenagers' Hacking Experience with Authentic Cybersecurity Tools
Authors
ŠVÁBENSKÝ, Valdemar (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jan VYKOPAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
San Jose, California, USA, 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), p. 1414-1417, 4 pp. 2018
Other information
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14610/18:00113908
Organization
Ústav výpočetní techniky – Repository – Repository
Keywords in English
active learning; capture the flag; case study; cybersecurity; K-12; network security
Links
MUNI/A/1213/2017, interní kód Repo. VI20162019014, research and development project.
V originále
This Work-In-Progress Paper for the Innovative Practice Category presents a novel experiment in active learning of cybersecurity. We introduced a new workshop on hacking for an existing science-popularizing program at our university. The workshop participants, 28 teenagers, played a cybersecurity game designed for training undergraduates and professionals in penetration testing. Unlike in learning environments that are simplified for young learners, the game features a realistic virtual network infrastructure. This allows exploring security tools in an authentic scenario, which is complemented by a background story. Our research aim is to examine how young players approach using cybersecurity tools by interacting with the professional game. A preliminary analysis of the game session showed several challenges that the workshop participants faced. Nevertheless, they reported learning about security tools and exploits, and 61% of them reported wanting to learn more about cybersecurity after the workshop. Our results support the notion that young learners should be allowed more hands-on experience with security topics, both in formal education and informal extracurricular events.
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