Gamified Cybersecurity Initiatives: The Trend, Limits and Lessons

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Systematic review assesses gamified cybersecurity education, indicating a need for sustainable behavior change.

Gamified interventions show limited effectiveness in promoting long-term behavior change, often focusing on short-term engagement.
Most initiatives assessed within the novelty effect window, which may inflate perceived success in learning outcomes.
Systematic literature review of 12 studies highlights unclear reporting on gamification designs, leading to conceptual misclassifications.
Calls for standardized reporting and evidence-based frameworks to enhance sustainability and reduce human-related cybersecurity risks.

Gwenhure et al. (2025) studied this question.

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