Cybersecurity awareness can be FUN. Is it possible to create an environment in which people want to high-five in the name of cybersecurity? Absolutely. In fact, making it fun can actually help the knowledge "stick" for your employees. "How?" you ask. Read on...
Game-based learning presents many of these opportunities; one of which is the fact that you can gradually advance skills by immersing people in real-life simulations and rewarding them according to their performance. But it’s not all based on merit.
Within simulations and games, you can learn to appreciate failure as a learning opportunity, reward participation and identify highly-engaged employees. Playing cybersecurity games and puzzles is practice for the real thing!
Online team-based training on cybersecurity creates an engaging gamified experience for all levels of employees, which has been proven to be 16X more effective than standard cybersecurity training! CyberEscape Online is an opportunity to get your team connected and engaged with security while having fun together!
Plus, the training program is completely online and works with your existing video conferencing software, and you'll have access to detailed cybersecurity metrics to monitor the impact of the training sessions.
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One way to bring learning to life is to create an experience based on a real or imagined scenario. For example, what would you do if you were in line at the grocery store and someone was trying to read your password over your shoulder? How many real-life scenarios can you come up with?
Like escape rooms, even working through one puzzle that relies on cybersecurity fundamentals helps make learning "stick." This brings tactile learning into play, which is helpful for many types of people.
In the Living Security "Born Secure" training program, users are put in the seat of a new cybersecurity operative in a complex mission—including some surprising twists and turns! This type of training helps see things from a real-world perspective (which is often unpredictable).
Who's up for some friendly competition? Training can be formatted as a series of questions, then use a fun "game show" format, have teams compete, or even create an online version that can be played individually or in a group setting. Bonus points for having a fun "buzzer," a funny show host, and creative takes on questions and answers.
If you can't gamify the actual training, you can gamify the degree to which users participate and engage. Have an always-on leaderboard that reminds everyone of who's more "cyber-aware" than their peers. Offer fun, creative ways to get "bonus points." One idea? Offer points for creating a new game to drive cybersecurity awareness.
How do you make all the unique cybersecurity terms "sink in"? Crossword puzzles, rhyming word games, find-a-word, and matching games can help.
Create an experience based on a popular show, movie, or book—think Harry Potter, for example—where the culture, memes, and characters of the game infuse the puzzles and pitfalls the trainees' experience.
Work with your cybersecurity awareness training partner. Don't have one? Request a demo from Living Security and let's talk. Or, internally, ask for participation from anyone who is interested in helping find or create such games to implement on your own. Ideally, create ways to capture scores and uncover your "Cybersecurity Champions" who complete challenges and help spread the word.
Here are some innovative cybersecurity games that can help spark even more ideas for you and your team.
There are many ways to build gaming into cybersecurity training.
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