Serious games are increasingly being used in cybersecurity education to engage and educate users. Several studies with cybersecurity serious games have shown that they are successful in educating users and the users also find them both fun and engaging. Meanwhile, several studies have also reported issues in identifying real life effects of the game and even the long-term effects that they have. Based on our experience with enterprise cybersecurity games and games from recent literature, we discuss a few key challenges that must be considered while designing and evaluating serious games for cybersecurity awareness.

翻译：严肃游戏正越来越多地被用于网络安全教育，以吸引和教导用户。多项关于网络安全严肃游戏的研究表明，它们在教育用户方面取得了成功，同时用户也认为这些游戏既有趣又吸引人。然而，也有一些研究指出，这些游戏在识别真实生活影响乃至长期效果方面存在问题。基于我们在企业网络安全游戏中的经验以及近期文献中的相关研究，我们讨论了在设计并评估用于提升网络安全意识的严肃游戏时必须考虑的几个关键挑战。