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XR-CEIL: Extended Reality for Cybersecurity Experiential and Immersive Learning

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Cybersecurity visualization is a multi-disciplinary subject that combines aspects of big data, visualization, human perception, human computer interaction, usability and security. Extended Reality (XR) is emerging as a very promising technology that can provide innovative solutions to educational challenges. The recent advances in XR technologies provide a great opportunity to support the deployment and use of XR applications for cybersecurity education, in single-user and collaborative settings. We developed Extended Reality for Cybersecurity Experiential and Immersive Learning (XR-CEIL) tool for embodied data exploration and immersive analysis of multi-dimensional heterogeneous cybersecurity data. The data is represented using coordinated multiple views and by providing a digital twin of the equipment and infrastructure configuration in an XR immersive environment.

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This work is sponsored by the National Security Agency under Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number H98230-21-l-0167. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Security Agency.

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Gračanin, D., Park, J., Eltoweissy, M. (2022). XR-CEIL: Extended Reality for Cybersecurity Experiential and Immersive Learning. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Ntoa, S. (eds) HCI International 2022 Posters. HCII 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1583. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06394-7_61

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