Game-based Interface for Critical Infrastructure Protection

Abstract – The correct functioning of critical infrastructures is crucial for modern society. These systems provide the backbone to our everyday lives and, therefore, securing and protecting them is a challenging yet vital issue. This work-in-progress paper provides an overview on the vulnerabilities these systems present, and proposes a solution using a game-based visualisation interface. The proposed tool would model and represent a complex system in an easy-to-understand, comprehensive manner, which would help operators detect problems and threats, and make better informed security decisions. Critical infrastructures are complex systems that have very particular characteristics – this poses several modelling challenges that will need to be overcome in order to provide an accurate and effective visualisation that can aid in their protection