SCYTHE - Simulate CYber Threats using Hybrid Entities

Recently, there has been at least one significant cyber security event in the world daily. Cyber threats, hackers, and criminals continue to develop advanced capabilities. A key finding of the 2014 DHS CyberSkills Task Force was a clear need for provide more training for cyber security employees. The US Federal Government needs to put a greater emphasis on ensuring its employees have the cyber understanding and tools to effectively and securely do their jobs. A training solution enabling cyber defenders to rehearse needed knowledge and skills in a realistic context would help build needed skills quickly. TiER1’s proposed SCYTHE (Simulate CYber Threats using Hybrid Entities) system will advance the state-of-the-art in cyber operator training technologies. SCYTHE combines proven technologies and gameful learning design with innovative advances in intelligent agent authoring capabilities. SCYTHE offers a live training sandbox where trainee cyber defenders interact with advanced attacker agents. In a sophisticated pedagogical design, trainee defenders will train and rehearse in a realistic operating environment with threats created by external and internal sources. The hybrid agents are enabled with cutting-edge machine learning from data to generate adaptive, realistic behavior in a way that supports the achievement of learning objectives. Approved for Public Release | 18-MDA-9710 (6 Jul 18)