Human Factor In Cyber Security
BLUF
There are many ways an individual can cause a cyber threat.
Involvement of society in cyber threats
The involvement of people in cyber threats aren’t on a small scale as there are heinous
groups or acts that impact others through technology. Members that are involved in the Far
Rights use mostly mobile devices to recruit members and spread their message. The involvement
of White Supremacist in technology increase their ability to act or communicate to others within
the same interest, causing it to be an issue since they are looked down upon due to their
resentment of other races and religions. But since the majority of these groups are usually
located in rural/low income areas it may be more difficult to adhere to cyber attacks since they
may lack proper equipment and knowledge. There may always be a possibility of cyber attacks,
but to collect data there are threads of people with the same interest in a web forum. A web
forum is an asynchronous way of communicating online where people may ask questions and
give responses; individuals with the same interest are in sub-forums.
Cyber stalking is the usage of technology and the internet to pursue unwanted
communication through technology, making the individual who’s receiving these acts feel
unsecure, fearful, or to feel without authority. Cyber harassment is the act of scarring, annoying,
and threatening an individual with unwanted messages with the intention of harming them.
Findings
When it comes to the data of forums most of the individuals aren’t well informed with the usage
of knowledge, since the majority ask questions of technology. There are disadvantages involving
Individuals involved in CS and CH, attackers can use third parties to contact and harm victims, the
attacker may use the impression of someone else’s identity, there is a lack of physical evidence.
Fukuchi has found “burden shifting devices” as a tool to help hold attackers responsible for CH.
Data collection
There has been different forms of harassing and bullying, involving sexual harrasment, name
calling, purposeful embarsment, physical threats. Data collected shows 41% of Americans have
gone through some type of online harassment. From the data 14% of harassment is caused by
political views. 50% are harassed due to sexuality while there are 47% of hispanics and 54%
blacks being harassed for race. Data goes to show it is much accessible to harass online.
Conclusion
In conclusion there should be more training on blockages for apps on harassment or tracking to
cancel out the attackers personal information or log into their systems of technology to permit
them from harassing or making a continuous number of accounts to keep harassing.
References
Atske, S. (2021, May 25). The state of online harassment. Pew Research Center: Internet,
Science & Tech. Retrieved November 21, 2022, from
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/01/13/the-state-of-online-harassment/