Top
image credit: Pixabay

Fun and games can raise cybersecurity awareness in state government

October 25, 2019

Category:

To get state employees interested in emerging cybersecurity techniques, state agencies are trying old games — like capture the flag — in cyber ranges that can simulate different cybersecurity scenarios. Bill Rowan, a vice president of federal sales at the software company VMware told a conference audience on Thursday that such efforts are helpful in raising awareness for the industry.

The idea, he said, is to allow state employees, students or those looking for a career change a chance to gain insight into what it is that a cybersecurity official does. The North Carolina Department of Information Technology, for example, partnered with VMware during a state-led event earlier this month to conduct a 30-person, cybersecurity-driven capture-the-flag game. The exercise is designed to simulate offensive and defensive tactics that the state’s cybersecurity teams would perform in a real emergency, like a ransomware attack.

Read More on StateScoop