How games can help us understand cybersecurity threats

28 July 2025

Keeping ourselves and our businesses safe against digital threats has never been more important. But how can we visualise these often intangible menaces in order to get to grips with them?

In response to this challenge, Dr Joanna Syrda and Dr Kseniya Stsiampkouskaya created a strategy game: Threats and Trade-offs.

In an episode of the Research4Good Podcast, Joanna and Kseniya speak to Professor David Ellis about how games can offer the ideal environment for teaching about and researching digital security.

Click here to listen.