Zachary Peterson recently had the opportuinity to collaborate with Andreas Haggman at Royal Holloway University to create a video demonstrating the value of visualizing security issues through game play. The video features [d0x3d!] as a way to introduce the idea of the value of digital data to young, non-CS students, as well as Andreas' fascinating cyber wargame.
Zachary Peterson was invited to speak at USENIX Enigma 2016 in San Francisco about some of our efforts under the TableTopSecurity project. The video is now up on YouTube!
For a while now, we've been interested in security education with creative and engaging narratives, paired with rabbit-hole/puzzle-like structures. We wrote a grant about it and we've been trying out structure and puzzles since then.
Most recently, we got a chance to use some of these exercises described in our paper at EPIC 2015. Below, at the Cal Poly Cyber Lab, we are running through a scaffolded puzzle built around a …
We had an awesome time playing [d0x3d!] at CalPoly SLO's EPIC 2015 program with campers each week (Grade 7-9, Grades 10-11, Grade 12). Bright students, really engaged, having fun with a broad range of STEM topics! It was a pleasure getting to talk, play board games, and listen to what they thought about the data they value in their lives.