CyberAware: A mobile game-based app for cybersecurity education and awareness

Nowadays, basic cybersecurity education and awareness is deemed necessary, even for children as young as elementary school-aged. If knowledge on this topic is delivered in the form of a digital game-based activity, then it has greater chances of being more joyful and efficient. The paper at hand discusses the development of a novel mobile app called Cyber-Aware, destined to cybersecurity education and awareness. At present, the game is designed for K-6 aged children and can be used to support either or both formal or informal learning. Also, due to its mobile nature, it can be experienced as an outdoor or classroom activity. Opposite to similar studies found in the literature so far, our attention is not solely drawn to game´s technological aspects but equally to the educational factor.