LEARNING DESIGN / SECURITY ENABLEMENT
Stop the Hack — Cybersecurity Learning Experience
A scenario-based cybersecurity learning experience designed to improve learner judgment, engagement, and practical application.
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Project Overview
Stop the Hack was created to make cybersecurity awareness more practical, engaging, and decision-focused. Rather than simply consuming information, learners encounter realistic workplace scenarios where they evaluate risk, make choices, and respond to common cybersecurity threats. The emphasis is practical judgment and application, not content recall.
The Challenge
Cybersecurity awareness training can become passive, compliance-driven content that learners complete without meaningfully changing behavior. The design challenge was to create an experience that required learners to evaluate situations, recognize potential threats, and make decisions that reflect safer security practices.
Design Approach
Scenario-Based Learning
Learners encounter realistic cybersecurity situations rather than abstract definitions.
Decision-Focused Interaction
Learners make choices and consider the consequences of those decisions.
Immediate Feedback
Feedback reinforces the reasoning behind safer cybersecurity practices.
Practical Application
The experience emphasizes recognizable workplace behavior and everyday security decisions.
Focused Learning Experience
Concise interactions maintain engagement and reduce unnecessary cognitive load.
My Role
William M. Drayton III directly designed and developed this experience, connecting learning strategy with scenario design, interactive production, and deployment.
Learning Strategy
Instructional Design
Scenario Design
Content Development
Visual Direction
Interactive Learning Development
Web Deployment
Tools & Technology
Articulate
Used to build and publish the interactive learning experience.
Web-Based Delivery
Published as a standalone web experience.
Cloudflare
Used to host and deliver the live portfolio experience.
Experience Preview
Screens from the published experience show its course structure, learner orientation, and activity entry point. Launch the demo to explore the decision-making interactions and feedback.
01 / ACTIVITY ENTRY — Clear instructions connect cybersecurity concepts to the Level 1 challenge.
02 / LEARNER ORIENTATION — A mission-led introduction establishes the purpose and learning pathway.
03 / COURSE STRUCTURE — A concise sequence covers threats, account protection, and safer responses to suspicious messages.
Outcome
The final experience demonstrates how cybersecurity awareness can move beyond passive information delivery into interactive learning centered on judgment, application, and learner engagement. It also serves as a reusable example of how scenario-based learning can support workforce security and compliance education.
What This Demonstrates
Learning Design
Scenario-Based Learning
Interactive Development
Cybersecurity Awareness
Security Enablement
Digital Learning Experience Design
Performance-Focused Training
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