Cyber security education through gaming cybersecurity games can be interactive, fun, educational and engaging

Cyber security is an active and evolving field. Among its many challenges are educating minors in the safe and responsible use of the Internet. To date, many computer games have been developed which seek to teach these concepts. Through a grant funding from The National Science Foundation, students at MassBay Community College have researched and evaluated currently available games. With an end goal of developing new game platforms to teach cyber-security, current games were evaluated based on their effectiveness in imparting the material and keeping students engaged. After research and evaluation of games currently available to help understand the current market, this project is focusing on the development of new games designed to teach cyber security concepts to minors aged 11--14.