Published on: April 2026
GAMIFIED PHISHING AWARENESS TRAINING PLATFORM FOR CORPORATE EMPLOYEES USING UNITY
Pallavi V Patil Sanika K S Namala Navya Sree
Dr Prabhakar M
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Phishing problems are still a significant contributor to data breach, and human error is the cause of approximately 68 percent of data breaches globally. Companies invest in security training programs, but it is quite often that they are not effective since the employees might not pay attention, remember the information and fully comprehend how the actual phishing attacks can be used. In order to fill this gap, the present paper proposes PhishGuard, a training system in the form of a game that is able to enhance phishing awareness and response.
PhishGuard is built in Unity and provides a realistic and interactive learning experience. Unlike most of the available training tools on cybersecurity, it uses a simulation of a real office environment, which enables users to associate training with their work environment. The system also produces phishing emails that describe six major attack categories, including emails claiming to be an executive or IT personnel.
The paper singles out the main shortcomings of existing training technologies: they are not realistic, have a low ratio between difficulty levels and response feedback, and are not well integrated into companies learn systems, and include a limited selection of phishing techniques. PhishGuard is solving these problems with five main features. To begin with, it provides a virtual office experience that is realistic. Second, it contains an adaptable phishing email creator. Third, it gives adjustment
How to Cite this Paper
Patil, P. V., S, S. K. & Sree, N. N. (2026). Gamified Phishing Awareness Training Platform for Corporate Employees using Unity. International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, <i>02</i>(04). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i4.958
Patil, Pallavi, et al.. "Gamified Phishing Awareness Training Platform for Corporate Employees using Unity." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, vol. 02, no. 04, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i4.958.
Patil, Pallavi,Sanika S, and Namala Sree. "Gamified Phishing Awareness Training Platform for Corporate Employees using Unity." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management 02, no. 04 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i4.958.
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