A team from the University of Washington Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology has created a web-based learning platform, CyberBridge, that uses AI agents to assist cybersecurity and criminal justice students to better investigate and prosecute cybercrimes.
Aided by AI assistants, learners go through a series of scenarios to solve real-world-inspired situations. When working through these scenarios, AI agents prompt questions to help learners delve deeper and connect the dots. The intention behind CyberBridge is to better prepare the nation’s cybersecurity workforce with AI as a practical tool, ultimately enhancing human competency and collaboration by shaping better decision making.
The potential impact of CyberBridge goes beyond the classroom, with the aim of preparing professionals to tackle rising cybercrime threats by bolstering both the technical and social sides needed to address this increasingly complex challenge.