Cyber Operations Virtual Environment

Abstract

This report details an instructional Science and Technology (S & T) plan to address the United States Air Force's (USAF's) need to defend against and respond to cyber threats to their networks. The approach documented within this plan focuses on the joint optimization of human performance and technologies, with a focus on instructional theory and design and human factor considerations and methodologies. Recommendations put forth in this report are informed by a review of considerations for the design of instruction and implementation within a virtual environment. Successful implementation of this S & T plan should impact USAF instructional capabilities and training, ultimately benefitting the operational community by producing Airmen who are aware of the likelihood and attributes of cyber attacks, who can use various tools to detect the presence of and effects of cyber attacks, and who are prepared to fight through these attacks. Airmen who are prepared will have developed robust operational methods to continue during and after cyber attacks, and be able to use indicators of network/data-source/communications health to identify and ward off cyber attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532056

Entities

People

  • Eric Watz
  • Jasmine Duran
  • Jennifer L. Winner
  • Lisa S. Holt

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Doctrine
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Military Science
  • Network Protocols
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Trainees
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Cyber