Development of a serious gaming approach for cyber aptitude assessment.

ABSTRACT: Numerous traditional assessments have been developed to determine suitability of US military recruits for cyber careers. Cyber career field managers expressed a concern there may be well-qualified candidates that lack cyber knowledge, and therefore are not identified with knowledge-based tests. Technological advances such as serious gaming may provide opportunities to assess constructs traditional methods do not effectively measure. The purpose of this effort was to identify potential gains in validity that could be achieved beyond traditional methods through the use of serious games for several cyber jobs (both for enlisted and officer positions). Throughout this phase of research, an extensive literature review of military and civilian assessments targeted cyber occupations. Then, milita

SUBMITTER: Martin-Kowal J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10802808 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature