New gamified learning platform, CyberStart Game

New gamified learning platform, CyberStart Game

SANS Institute has announced the availability of CyberStart Game for students and young adults across the Middle East and Africa. CyberStart Game provides a gamified learning experience that can be used in the classroom or accessed at home.

This 100% online learning platform is designed to teach complex security concepts promoting self-exploration and investigation over traditional learning methods. Students can play over 200 challenges are in control of their learning as they train at a pace that suits them and their ability.

“CyberStart Game is the most appropriate and suitable platform to build awareness of cybersecurity skills for young adults, who may encounter these threats as they move to the next level of their career or device usage. Specifically, we find high awareness levels amongst young adults in Saudi Arabia and the UAE and we look forward introducing the most proven cybersecurity tool for young adults – CyberStart Game, which will introduce, inspire and improve students’ cybersecurity knowledge,” said Ned Baltagi, Managing Director, Middle East & Africa at SANS Institute.

CyberStart Game has been created by cybersecurity expert, James Lyne, who is the CTO at SANS Institute. It is the only training resource that focuses learning around real-world scenarios and cyberattacks, the challenges in CyberStart Game have been developed based on historical events and cyber breaches. CyberStart Game is built so that students can work independently. If they get stuck, there are various clues and tips and videos in-built to prompt them and help them through the challenge. Available now for schools, institutes and universities. The inbuilt simplicity and gamification experience of CyberStart Game ensures that teachers or parents interference is limited.

“We will be offering CyberStart Game Education and Enterprise packages. These packages include access for students and teachers and are flexible. We will help schools, universities and organisations in the Middle East and Africa to find the right option for them,” Baltagi concluded.

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