A Review on Gamification for Information Security Training

Every day a vast number of user attacks occur frequently. There are vast prevention techniques and responses, but these techniques are effective only if used efficiently. The efficiency of information security training programs must be increased by encouraging employees to make an effort to transfer the learned skills into their daily work. Providing adequate training programs is one of the essential tasks that organizations have to fulfil. Gamification provides positive results because it can counter existing training weaknesses, such as interaction, motivation and engagement. This review paper aims to show how training methods are adopted for raising cyber security awareness, how the most effective method can be selected, and the gaps in those training methods used to deliver cyber security information awareness?