Augmented Reality Cyber-Crisis Training System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity training methods fail to effectively simulate cyber-crisis responses for national infrastructure and industrial control systems, lacking immersion and realism, and are inadequate in representing the impact of cyberattacks on physical facilities, which are critical for training personnel to manage potential immense casualties.
Innovation Solution
A cyber-crisis response training system utilizing augmented reality technology to provide a realistic training environment by generating and outputting facility situation information through augmented-reality images, combining virtual objects with real-world images, and considering the trainee's viewpoint and position, to enhance immersion and training effectiveness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If augmented reality technology is used to represent physical facilities, then trainees' immersion and training performance are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical facilities, control devices, and damage states that can be overlaid onto the real environment through augmented reality. These virtual representations replicate the appearance and operational states of actual infrastructure components, allowing trainees to interact with realistic simulations without requiring the full physical systems to be present or modified.
Solution Approach 2:
The augmented reality system acts as an intermediary layer between the physical training environment and the trainee. It mediates by superimposing virtual information (facility representations, damage states, control device statuses) onto the real-world view, providing enhanced training capabilities while keeping the underlying physical system relatively simple.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a comprehensive training environment representing multiple facilities and threats is created, then the ability to respond to cyber-crisis is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality training system is designed to handle multiple facility types (power plants, water treatment facilities, etc.), various control devices (motors, sensors, valves), and different cyberattack scenarios within a single unified platform. The system can dynamically adapt to different training objectives by loading appropriate virtual representations and scenarios, eliminating the need for separate specialized systems for each facility or threat type.
Solution Approach 2:
The training system dynamically adjusts the complexity and content of the virtual representations based on the specific training scenario being executed. Rather than permanently configuring all possible facilities and devices, the system activates only the relevant virtual elements needed for the current training objective, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive adaptability.
3Reliability
If realistic representation of cyberattack damage on physical facilities is provided, then response capability to cyber-crisis is improved, but difficulty of detecting and measuring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality system uses visual indicators such as color changes to represent different damage states of facilities and control devices. Virtual representations transition between color states (e.g., green for normal, yellow for degraded, red for failed) based on the simulated cyberattack impact, providing intuitive visual feedback that simplifies damage assessment despite the complexity of underlying attack vectors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-defines various damage states and their corresponding visual representations for different types of cyberattacks on physical facilities. Rather than requiring real-time complex analysis of attack effects, the training system has already modeled probable damage outcomes and their visual manifestations, allowing trainees to quickly assess situations based on pre-configured visual cues.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method for providing cyber-crisis response training based on augmented reality. The method for providing cyber-crisis response training based on augmented reality, performed by the apparatus for providing cyber-crisis response training based on augmented reality, includes setting a type of cyber-crisis response training, providing one or more trainee terminals with a cyber-crisis response training environment corresponding to the set type of cyber-crisis response training, receiving a response to the cyber-crisis response training environment from the trainee terminal, generating facility situation information based on state information of a target facility for which the cyber-crisis response training is being conducted and on training situation information corresponding to the cyber-crisis response training environment and the response, and outputting the facility situation information using an augmented-reality image corresponding to the target facility.