Esther Oprins

Esther Oprins (PhD) is a Senior Research Scientist at TNO, department Training and Performance Innovations. She conducts research on education and training mainly in the military and aviation domain. Subjects of research are retention and skill decay, validation of training interventions (e.g. with simulators or serious games), personnel selection, assessment and measurement, and new learning solutions such as personalized learning and learning analytics. She is currently program manager of a five-year research program ‘Flexible education and individual training for the future’ for the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

Journal Articles

Serious Gaming Design for Adaptability Training of Military Personnel

As the world in the 21st century has become more dynamic and unpredictable, the need for adaptive behavior in the military is of increasing importance. A serious game (SG) seems to be a suitable intervention for improving adaptability to prepare… Read More

The DoD Cybersecurity Policy Chart

This chart captures the tremendous breadth of applicable policies, some of which many cybersecurity professionals may not even be aware, in a helpful organizational scheme.

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CSIAC Journal - Insider Threat and the Malicious Insider Threat

This issue of the CSIAC Journal presents five articles which represent different perspectives on Insider Threat and approaches to understand and remediate that threat.

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CSIAC Journal - Serious Games to Enhance Defense Capabilities

This 2017 special edition of the CSIAC Journal focuses on wargames and the many uses of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) that support decision making needed at the various levels of combat.

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CSIAC Reference Document - Recent Developments in Cyberlaw: 2018

CSIAC SME and member of the American Bar Association’s Information Security Committee, Richard “Rick” Aldrich, gives a snapshot of the recent developments in cyberlaw, policy, standards, court cases and industry legal frameworks. These slides focus on emerging issues such as cloud data storage, the scope of 3rd-party doctrine, encryption, warrants for electronic searches, and artificial intelligence.

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