Use of Technology-Enhanced Work Simulations for Cyber Assessment

Abstract

There were three objectives to this effort: 1) identify aptitudes and traits required for success in select enlisted and officer Air Force cyber careers using archival information, 2) identify which cyber aptitudes and traits can be measured through existing DoD tests, 3) provide a summary of relevant literature and recommendations for how serious games could be used to measure cyber aptitudes and traits, including those where gaps in assessment currently exist. We identified an extensive list of aptitudes and traits and established the extent to which each is adequately assessed. Five traits (Analytical Thinking, Adaptability, Dependability, Persistence, Situational Awareness) and four aptitudes (Active Learning, Decision Making, Deductive Reasoning, Systems Thinking) are the person characteristics most related to on the job cyber performance for which there is currently inadequate assessment and could be assessed via technologically-enhanced work simulations such as with a serious game.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 21, 2019
Accession Number
AD1083249

Entities

People

  • David J. Howard
  • Frances Kim
  • Jaclyn Martin
  • Matthew S. Arbogast
  • Michael D. Convert
  • Rachel Dreibelbis
  • Sean Potter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Computational Science
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Job Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Students

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber