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Higher cybersecurity awareness through positive content design

Higher cybersecurity awareness through positive content design

Higher cybersecurity awareness through positive content design

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Summary

Our capstone client, Cisco, asked us to design prospective prototypes for the future of cybersecurity.

We found that over 70% of cybersecurity incidents involve a human element, yet most of the current efforts in cybersecurity are focused on technology. That's why we designed a security companion concept that utilizes threat intelligence to provide just-in-time intervention to gently nudge employees away from risky actions.

Solution

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An orange-colored blob with two big eyes.

Cosmo

Cosmo

The Cybersecurity Companion

Cosmo is showing a notification, encouraging users to turn on VPN because they have been connecting to a public network.
Cosmo is showing a notification, encouraging users to turn on VPN because they have been connecting to a public network.
Cosmo is showing a notification, encouraging users to turn on VPN because they have been connecting to a public network.

Cybersecurity companion for your employees

Cosmo counters social engineering attacks by providing real-time notifications to your employees as they navigate through daily tasks – whether it's working, browsing the internet, or checking emails.

With the help of Cisco’s threat intelligence, Cosmo will guide them away from risky behaviors when there’s a potential threat.

Cosmo counters social engineering attacks by providing real-time notifications to your employees as they navigate through daily tasks. With the help of Cisco’s threat intelligence, Cosmo will guide them away from risky behaviors when there’s a potential threat.

Cultivate a culture of cybersecurity with engagement

Cultivate a culture of cybersecurity with engagement

Cultivate a culture of cybersecurity with engagement

A personal dashboard showing how well is an employee doing in their cyber hygiene.
A personal dashboard showing how well is an employee doing in their cyber hygiene.

Cyber Hygiene Visualization

Help your employee understand their progress in cyber hygiene with a unique score and facial expressions from Cosmo.

A range of rewards for employees to exchange with coins they earned through maintaining good cybersecurity habits.

Rewards and Incentives

Earn rewards like character customizations or company incentives for maintaining high cyber hygiene scores.

Two windows, one showing a cybersecurity quiz, another one showing a leaderboard between employees based on their coins earned through the quiz.

Gamification and Competition

Foster a culture of cybersecurity by encouraging friendly competition among employees using leaderboards.

Keep track of your organization’s cyber hygiene

Cosmo collects employee device behaviors, analyze how secure each employee is, making it easy to monitor in Cosmo’s Management Dashboard.

With the cyber hygiene score, you can use it as a basis for providing additional training or resources through Cosmo, or adjust their access on the network level.

Cosmo collects employee device behaviors, analyze how secure each employee is, making it easy to monitor in Cosmo’s Management Dashboard.

A management dashboard for security professionals to check the overall security posture of their organization.
A management dashboard for security professionals to check the overall security posture of their organization.
A management dashboard for security professionals to check the overall security posture of their organization.
  • A personal dashboard showing how well is an employee doing in their cyber hygiene.

    Cyber Hygiene Visualization

    Help your employee understand their progress in cyber hygiene with a unique score and facial expressions from Cosmo.

  • A range of rewards for employees to exchange with coins they earned through maintaining good cybersecurity habits.

    Rewards and Incentives

    Earn rewards like character customizations or company incentives for maintaining high cyber hygiene scores.

  • Two windows, one showing a cybersecurity quiz, another one showing a leaderboard between employees based on their coins earned through the quiz.

    Gamification and Competition

    Foster a culture of cybersecurity by encouraging friendly competition among employees using leaderboards.

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