CYSE 201: Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences

This multidisciplinary course examines cybersecurity’s human aspects from a social science perspective. It looks at how criminological, political, legal, and economic issues impact the creation of cybersecurity policy and shape cyberthreats. By examining how societal institutions and individual behaviors contribute to risk, students use a human-factors approach to comprehend the behaviors behind cyber events. Additionally, the course presents the methodologies that social scientists employ to investigate cybersecurity, encouraging critical thinking regarding the wider ramifications of digital security in contemporary society.