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Acknowledgements

This course content was originally written by Arosha K. Bandara and Maria Townsend. It was adapted by Chitra Balakrishna into the Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) course, published in January 2021. This course was funded by Nesta [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

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