Cyber Training Polygon for Simulating Cyber Incidents

The article presents the process of planning and developing a cyber training polygon for simulating cyber incidents. Its goal is to develop knowledge, skills and abilities in children and young people of secondary and higher educational institutions in the field of information security. The development of cyber training polygon is being implemented by the authors within the framework of an individual educational program for additional education of gifted children in the distance learning format in the field of «Information Security ("Cyber Training polygon for Simulating Cyber Incidents")» in Educational institution «National Children's Technopark». The following requirements have been formulated for developed cyber training polygon: autonomy, flexibility, versatility, etc. A network topology with two firewalls was chosen for the architecture of the cyber training polygon, because it is similar to the topologies of corporate networks. The cyber polygon structure has been supplemented with virtual machines with different operating systems (Kali Linux, Ubuntu, Alpine). They simulate server and/or client devices. The developed cyber training polygon is recommended for use in educational institutions to increase students’ motivation for scientific research and professional orientation in the field of information security. The authors continue to work on improving the methodological base for the cyber training polygon.