RIT researchers to create serious video game for infrastructure resilience to cyberattacks
RIT researchers to create serious video game for infrastructure resilience to cyberattacks
RIT researchers to create serious video game for infrastructure resilience to cyberattacks
By Scott Bureau
February 28, 2023
Summary
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are building a serious video game to help cities prepare for, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks.
The game will allow city leaders to learn how multi-sector cyberattacks can affect their city's critical infrastructure-from the electricity grid to first responders.
By building a playable video game and integrating real-world geographic information systems data, the designers hope the immersive game will boost critical infrastructure resiliency and highlight technical and policy interdependencies.
"After seeing the game concept, the ACI then decided to expand the project to include an open-source game product," said Paul Maxwell, deputy director of the ACI at the United States Military Academy West Point.
Throughout the next two years, RIT experts will work to further develop the video game.
The game developers see the game as a social simulation where stakeholders can get together to practice various scenarios, allowing them to learn what works and what doesn't work.
"Real people's lives are at risk here. We want our infrastructure leaders to realize the true impact of their work, and an immersive video game is a great way to do that."
Reference
Bureau, S. (2023, 02, 28). RIT researchers to create serious video game for infrastructure resilience to cyberattacks. RIT. https://www.rit.edu/news/rit-researchers-create-serious-video-game-infrastructure-resilience-cyberattacks