Designing Damn Vulnerable Operating System (DVOS) for Cyber Security Teaching & Learning

Authors

  • Muhammad Nabil Bin Zainuddin
  • Shafiza Mohd Shariff

Abstract

Educators teaching computer system security students are often faced with finding a suitable environment to test their student’s skills and knowledge without breaching any law or misconduct security ethics. Students normally have no problem in understanding the theory part of a syllabus but when it comes to practical part, as there is no single environment that can be used for all type of attacks. Security students had to setup a multiple environment for all these different types of attacks, which can become troublesome as some environment is not easy to setup. In this study, we have designed a machine, Damn Vulnerable Operating System (DVOS), that focus on preparing a defensive cyber security testing environment. The DVOS is an environment that are intentionally vulnerable and can handle multiple type of common security attacks that covers from web application attack, network attack and open service port attack. Other than that, DVOS is also developed in the form of an ISO image file that can be bootable from a USB drive. By using DVOS, computer system security students can now own a defensive testing environment to apply what they have learn in class.

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Published

2020-01-29

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