Texas A&M University-Texarkana Assistant Professor of MIS Dr. Vikram Bhadauria and Assistant Professor of Math Dr. Ram Neupane teamed up with professors from A&M-Central Texas, A&M-Commerce, and Prairie View A&M to work on a winning research project in the Cybersecurity category at the recent Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Annual Research Conference.
Under the team name “Cyber Warriors” the group set out to enhance cybersecurity awareness through education with the goal to build and impart meaningful and interactive cybersecurity training to a disparate and dispersed population in law enforcement and the Department of Defense. According to Dr. Bhadauria, there is a “lack of cybersecurity awareness and availability of limited instruction for the workforce regarding the fast changing field of cybersecurity. There is a need for personnel to continuously build awareness and knowledge about cybersecurity in the fields of law enforcement, healthcare, and in the military.”
The project built online course modules that incorporated simulators to help facilitate better training in cybersecurity. “Simulators have the potential for high value and high-impact training,” said Bhadauria. “Simulations can give learners an experience in the scenarios that a person in the field may experience, plus simulations are interactive and adaptive.”
