Platoon: A Virtual Platform for Team-oriented Cybersecurity Training and Exercises
Platoon: A Virtual Platform for Team-oriented Cybersecurity Training and Exercises
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Platoon：面向团队的网络安全培训和演习的虚拟平台
DOI：
10.1145/2978192.2978230
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
Mengjun Xie
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作者：
Yanyan Li;Mengjun Xie
近年来，亲身实践的网络安全实验室和竞赛蓬勃发展。资讯科技教育界已认识到它们在提高学生对保安的兴趣和提高他们的保安知识和技能方面所扮演的重要角色。与关注基于个人的教育材料相比，开发适用于基于团队的安全实践的工具和材料的关注要少得多，然而，这种工具和材料在现实环境中很普遍。一个主要的瓶颈是IT教育界缺乏适合这类实践的平台。在本文中，我们提出了一个低成本、面向团队的网络安全实践平台Platoon。Platoon平台允许使用普通计算机快速、自动地创建一个或多个虚拟网络，以模拟真实世界的公司网络。Platoon打造的虚拟环境，既适合网络安全实验室，也适合竞赛，也适合项目。从我们的网络防御演习中收集的性能数据和用户反馈表明，Platoon对于提高学生的安全学习结果是实用和有用的。
Recent years have witnessed a flourish of hands-on cybersecurity labs and competitions. The information technology (IT) education community has recognized their significant role in boosting students' interest in security and enhancing their security knowledge and skills. Compared to the focus on individual based education materials, much less attention has been paid to the development of tools and materials suitable for team-based security practices, which, however, prevail in real-world environments. One major bottleneck is lack of suitable platforms for this type of practices in IT education community. In this paper, we propose a low-cost, team-oriented cybersecurity practice platform called Platoon. The Platoon platform allows for quickly and automatically creating one or more virtual networks that mimic real-world corporate networks using a regular computer. The virtual environment created by Platoon is suitable for both cybersecurity labs, competitions, and projects. The performance data and user feedback collected from our cyber-defense exercises indicate that Platoon is practical and useful for enhancing students' security learning outcomes.