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Cyber Siege

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Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy at the University of Central Florida and United States Air Force 338th Training Squadron (USAF 338th TRS)

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Cyber Siege is a single player educational tower defense game designed to assist the trainees at Keesler Air Force Base’s 338th Training Squadron in teaching them the basics of Cyber Security – specifically to help them identify attacks, vulnerabilities, and proper methods, tools, and procedures to mitigate and protect from said threats. Players play through 5 levels of increasing difficulty and must utilize the different towers to protect their base from the incoming enemies.

This game’s educational value is not solely to the 338th TRS – anyone looking to learn a bit about Cyber Security can glean some information by playing a few rounds and examining the bestiary.

Game Overview

Identification of Cyber Threats
Vulnerability Awareness
Mitigation Strategies
Incident Response
Resource Management

The primary goal is to protect the base from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats by strategically placing different towers.
Players must identify the types of attacks, deploy appropriate defenses, manage resources, and adapt to evolving threats across five levels of escalating difficulty

This game is primarily targeted for USAF servicemembers at Keesler AFB for Cyber Security fields.

The player is assessed by their remaining health at the end of a level (assuming level completion).

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