KIPS - Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation

Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) is a game training for increase in cyber security of corporate environment. Is a part of the comprehensive program on increase in awareness of employees in the field of cyber security of Kaspersky Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

2018: The game engine imitating work of business taking into account cyber attacks

In October, 2018 the Userstory company announced development of a game about cyber security for top management of Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation by request of Kaspersky Lab.

Specialists of Userstory developed the game engine allowing to imitate work of business taking into account cyber attacks. It provides interaction of video game consoles, panels of the administrator and a dashboard.

The main objective of the game Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) — to show that the cyber security of the company, its processes and data should be reliable. For October, 2018, KIPS represents a combination online and offline components, on a format gambling. Participants plunge into real scenarios and understand importance of the questions connected with information security, learn to interact effectively when choosing strategy of opposition to cyberthreats and to manage successfully the enterprise.

Game is expected heads of the companies and top management, it allows to check the knowledge in the field of information security and to raise the level of awareness on the current threats, to see interrelation between expenses on cyber security and revenues of the enterprise.

Calls and problems which the enterprises of the whole world face force us to work together with experts in cyber security and to coordinate efforts for effective counteraction to threats. Every year more and more companies face information leak. We cooperate five years with Kaspersky Lab, we perform engineering development of games for business on cyber security. Recently the next online version of a game training on cyber security of Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) was issued. In a game about 300 commands are invited. They receive the card where blocks of infrastructure of the standard enterprise are displayed: bank, plant. Then the leader announces the first course and reports news: what occurs in the world. The command has some problems, a system issues symptoms: for example, when dredging from the ATM the amount did not meet. On cards, about 50, actions are designated by their: train the employee, conduct courses, deliver protection, etc. The command selects action, proceeding from the expected effect, cost and time. The wrong response to the attack leads to certain negative effects. Eventually, the company, of course, sustains losses and if and continues to behave incorrectly, then loses both reputation, and clients. Maxim Mamonov, Userstory direktor

The coauthor of the project Kaspersky Lab holds a game worldwide. For October, 2018 a game is translated into 11 languages.

Game has several scenarios, for example: for bank, large corporation, the transport or oil and gas enterprise, the water station, etc. Through five courses the command which bowled off with the maximum profit wins.

Recently a game took place in the UN the Center in Vienna where representatives of law enforcement agencies from more than 20 member countries of the United Nations learned to resist to cyberthreats.

2017: KIPS Online

In February, 2017 there was an online training of Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) — the step-by-step role strategy of Kaspersky Lab about information security of business. KIPS Online became addition to the desktop game simulator KIPS Live started in 2015.