Labuschagne, WABurke, Ivan DVeerasamy, NamoshaEloff, MM2011-10-122011-10-122011-08Labuschagne, WA, Burke, I, Veerasamy, N and Eloff, MM. 2011. Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework. 10th Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference (ISSA 2011), Hayatt Regency Hotel, Rosebank, South Africa, 15-17 August 2011http://hdl.handle.net/10204/522510th Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference (ISSA 2011), Hayatt Regency Hotel, Rosebank, South Africa, 15-17 August 2011Social networking sites are a popular medium of interaction and communication. Social networking sites provide the ability to run applications and games to test users’ knowledge. The popularity of social networks makes it an ideal tool through which awareness can be created on existing and emerging security threats. This paper proposes an interactive game hosted by social networking sites with the purpose of creating awareness on information security threats and vulnerabilities. The game applies principles of good game design which includes: the decisions over hypermedia, multimedia and hypertext to achieve perception, comprehension or projection, comprehensive database of questions, weighted system, use of practical data, automation, dynamcis, effort and user acceptance. The aim of the paper is show the effectiveness of using a virtual tool in cyber awareness creation. This paper will thus deal with the proposal of an interactive web-based game which informs and then tests users about potential security threats and vulnerabilities.enInformation securitySocial networksCyber threatsCyber securitySecurity threatsISSA 2011Conference PresentationLabuschagne, W., Burke, I. D., Veerasamy, N., & Eloff, M. (2011). Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5225Labuschagne, WA, Ivan D Burke, Namosha Veerasamy, and MM Eloff. "Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5225Labuschagne W, Burke ID, Veerasamy N, Eloff M, Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5225 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Labuschagne, WA AU - Burke, Ivan D AU - Veerasamy, Namosha AU - Eloff, MM AB - Social networking sites are a popular medium of interaction and communication. Social networking sites provide the ability to run applications and games to test users’ knowledge. The popularity of social networks makes it an ideal tool through which awareness can be created on existing and emerging security threats. This paper proposes an interactive game hosted by social networking sites with the purpose of creating awareness on information security threats and vulnerabilities. The game applies principles of good game design which includes: the decisions over hypermedia, multimedia and hypertext to achieve perception, comprehension or projection, comprehensive database of questions, weighted system, use of practical data, automation, dynamcis, effort and user acceptance. The aim of the paper is show the effectiveness of using a virtual tool in cyber awareness creation. This paper will thus deal with the proposal of an interactive web-based game which informs and then tests users about potential security threats and vulnerabilities. DA - 2011-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Information security KW - Social networks KW - Cyber threats KW - Cyber security KW - Security threats KW - ISSA 2011 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 T1 - Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework TI - Design of cyber security awareness game utilizing a social media framework UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5225 ER -