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Area of Science:

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Cybersecurity Cognition
  • Psychophysiology

Background:

  • Vigilance decrement is a decline in sustained attention during monotonous tasks.
  • Existing cyber vigilance tasks are limited, outdated, and not reflective of modern network defense cognitive loads.
  • There is a need for validated cyber vigilance tasks accessible to civilian researchers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design, engineer, and validate the Western Australian Cyber Defense Task (WACDT).
  • To assess the impact of adjustable task elements (cognitive load, event rate, signal salience, workload transitions) on vigilance.
  • To provide a contemporary and validated cyber vigilance task for civilian human factors research.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the WACDT with adjustable network defense console elements influencing vigilance.
  • Tested two forms of the WACDT: static trials (maximum difficulty) and dynamic trials (increasing difficulty).
  • Measured vigilance performance across static and dynamic trial conditions.

Main Results:

  • Vigilance performance improved over time in static WACDT trials.
  • Vigilance performance declined during dynamic WACDT trials.
  • The WACDT effectively simulated aspects of modern network defense.

Conclusions:

  • The WACDT is a validated tool for studying vigilance in cybersecurity contexts.
  • Dynamic changes in task elements significantly impact vigilance performance.
  • The WACDT offers a valuable resource for civilian human factors research in cyber defense.