Introducing and Interfacing with Cybersecurity - A Cards Approach

Ryan Shah; Manuel Maarek; Shenando Stals; Lynne Baillie; Sheung Chi Chan; Robert James Stewart; Hans-Wolfgang Loidl; Olga Chatzifoti

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-15105-6_4

Introducing and Interfacing with Cybersecurity - A Cards Approach

Ryan Shah
, Manuel Maarek
, Shenando Stals
, Lynne Baillie
, Sheung Chi Chan
, Robert James Stewart
, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl
, Olga Chatzifoti

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Abstract

Cybersecurity is an important topic which is often viewed as inaccessible due to steep learning curves and a perceived requirement of needing specialist knowledge. A number of knowledge bases have been developed to inform and underpin cybersecurity education and training. Although they may be a useful learning resource for providing key cybersecurity knowledge, their primary purpose is to be used by those who are already knowledgeable in cybersecurity to develop further but remain too complex for those with little-to-no knowledge of cybersecurity. As a solution to these two issues, we propose the use of a card deck to provide introductory cybersecurity knowledge that supports learning and discussion. Upon evaluation in two user studies, we found that 80% of the participants agreed the cards provided them with introductory knowledge of cybersecurity topics, and 70% agreed the cards provided an interface for discussing topics and enabled them to make links between attacks, vulnerabilities and defences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education. CSE Connect 2025
Publisher	Springer
Pages	83-99
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783032151056
ISBN (Print)	9783032151049
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15105-6_4
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2026
Event	5th Annual Advances in Cyber Security Education Conference 2025 - University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom Duration: 22 Jul 2025 → 22 Jul 2025 https://www.cseconnect.org/event-details/advances-in-cyber-security-education-2025

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	1791
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	5th Annual Advances in Cyber Security Education Conference 2025
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Coventry
Period	22/07/25 → 22/07/25
Internet address	https://www.cseconnect.org/event-details/advances-in-cyber-security-education-2025

Keywords

cybersecurity awareness
cybersecurity cards
cybersecurity knowledge
knowledge management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Shah, R., Maarek, M., Stals, S., Baillie, L., Chan, S. C., Stewart, R. J., Loidl, H.-W., & Chatzifoti, O. (2026). Introducing and Interfacing with Cybersecurity - A Cards Approach. In Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education. CSE Connect 2025 (pp. 83-99). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 1791). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15105-6_4

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Shah, R, Maarek, M , Stals, S , Baillie, L, Chan, SC, Stewart, RJ , Loidl, H-W & Chatzifoti, O 2026, Introducing and Interfacing with Cybersecurity - A Cards Approach. in Advances in Teaching and Learning for Cyber Security Education. CSE Connect 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 1791, Springer, pp. 83-99, 5th Annual Advances in Cyber Security Education Conference 2025, Coventry, United Kingdom, 22/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15105-6_4

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