A Framework for the Evaluation of Trainee Performance in Cyber Range Exercises

This paper proposes a novel approach for the evaluation of the performance achieved by trainees involved in cyber security exercises implemented in modern cyber ranges. Our main contributions include: the definition of a distributed monitoring architecture for gathering relevant information about tr...

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Published in:Mobile networks and applications 2020-02, Vol.25 (1), p.236-247
Main Authors: Andreolini, Mauro, Colacino, Vincenzo Giuseppe, Colajanni, Michele, Marchetti, Mirco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Communications Engineering
Computer Communication Networks
Cybersecurity
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Graph theory
IT in Business
Networks
Performance evaluation
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Summary:This paper proposes a novel approach for the evaluation of the performance achieved by trainees involved in cyber security exercises implemented in modern cyber ranges. Our main contributions include: the definition of a distributed monitoring architecture for gathering relevant information about trainees activities; an algorithm for modeling the trainee activities using directed graphs; novel scoring algorithms, based on graph operations, that evaluate different aspects (speed, precision) of a trainee during an exercise. With respect to previous work, our proposal allows to measure exactly how fast a user is progressing towards an objective and where he does wrong. We highlight that this is currently not possible in the most popular cyber ranges.
ISSN:1383-469X
1572-8153
DOI:10.1007/s11036-019-01442-0