“The cyber card game fundamentally alters the way cyber is thought about, taught and employed.”
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have created a new cyber card game which helps to highlight the open-source techniques a cyber-attacker uses to take control of industrial and commercial infrastructure.
The Dstl Cyber Red Team Game was developed in-house as a spin off of Dstl’s Cyber Resilience Advice to UK Critical National Infrastructure & Military Platforms.
The player takes the role of a cyber attacker in an cyber-attack scenario. By playing as the attacker the player learns the tactics a threat actor uses to infiltrate critical national infrastructure. By taking part in this type of exercise a person is meant to obtain a better understanding of what actions are required to setup a stronger cyber-attack resilience.
For training purposes the game can be facilitated by an experienced trainer with knowledge of cyber fundamentals, but they do not need a military background. On average the game takes two hours to complete. For the more hardcore mode gamers…
