Enhancing Situational Awareness for Tutors of Cybersecurity Capture the Flag Games

Karolína Dočkalová Burská, Vít Rusňák, Radek Ošlejšek

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Dataset

  • DS3: Training Definition - a JSON file containing the puzzle assignment definitions used as a part of DS3 in the summative evaluation.
  • DS3: Events - a JSON file containing anonymized events used in the summative evaluation.

Evaluation Data

Participants

Participant IDAgeOccupation (Position related to hands-on cybersecurity skills training)Lecturing experience (in years)TopicsGenderExperience with visualizations for situational awarenessHow many hands-on training sessions you organized or co-organized
P133Trainer, Organizer, Manager4Cyber security relatedMale4More than 20
P228Lecturer7cybersecurity, informatics, mathematicsMale3Up to 20
P331Lecturer4Network attacks, Web attacks, Defense, Network monitoring, Penetration testing, cybersecurity game creationMale4More than 20
P427seminar tutor5offensive security, cyber attack simulation, Python programmingMale4Up to 10
P535cybersecurity education researcher, lecturer5attack, defense, ICSMale2More than 20
P624student0N/AMale21
P722student0N/AMale21
P821student0N/AMale10
  • Demography data from the questionnaires.
  • P1-P6 participated in both formative and summative evaluations. P7 and P8 participated only in the summative one.
  • Note, that the age of participants is taken from the latter.

Data from SUS and SEQ questionnaires

  • Formative evaluation: responses to SEQs
  • Formative evaluation: responses to SUS questionnaire for PVT
  • Summative evaluation: responses to SEQs
  • Summative evaluation: responses to SUS questionnaire for PVT

SUS Questionnaire Data Plot

SEQ Questionnaire Data Plot

Tasks:
  • T1: Identify trainees in trouble, make an assumption of their cause, and conceive your reaction. (PVT)
  • T2: Identify problems that can influence the overall training session duration. What is their cause, and what would be your reaction? (PVT)