The Development of the Simulated Situations for RTAF Cyber Range The Development of the Simulated Situations for RTAF Cyber Range

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study situational problems for RTAF cyber range that are appropriate and in line with the needs of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) 2) to explore a guideline to create a cyber range that is customizable for cyber operations training according to the required purposes 3) To evaluate the body of knowledge for creating a situational problem for a cyber range and to find ways to improve such research in the future. First, the researchers studied cyber situational problems currently used to assess the skills and competencies of RTAF cyber warriors. Moreover, the researchers studied and explored methods to create a body of knowledge for the process of self-generating cyber situations which helped reduce the use of the government budget for outsourcing the production of cyber situation problems from the private sector.  Finally, the researchers evaluated the research findings by professional cyber staff from the RTAF Cyber Center which is the main responsible agency for the cybersecurity of the RTAF and by regular users.

The research findings showed that 1) a pattern for developing a situation problem for a cyber warfare model suitable for the RTAF required the inclusion of problems for practicing offensive skills and problems for practicing defensive skills 2) creating a flow of creations for a cyber range helped facilitate and reduced the skill gaps of situation problem creators. 3) assessment results of the application of knowledge used to create situational problems for a cyber range, including the ability to customize situation problems from RTAF cybersecurity experts were at a high level of satisfactory.