Journal Entry 7

“When you’re so focused on your work, you forget about phishing emails”

This meme illustrates how intense concentration can lead to overlooking cybersecurity threats, emphasizing the need for constant vigilance.

“Work device: Fort Knox. Personal phone: Welcome hackers!”

This meme addresses the potential security gap between work and personal devices, emphasizing the need for consistent security practices across all devices.

“Scrolling through memories while ignoring the risks of sharing them online”

This meme addresses the risks associated with sharing personal information and photos, reminding users to consider privacy settings and potential vulnerabilities.

These memes provide some of the key features of human-centered cybersecurity. The first meme, with an intensely focused person on the laptop, depicts how concentration on work may lead to overlooking cybersecurity threats. It depicts that during focused work, one must invariably be vigilant. The second meme is a black smartphone near someone working on an iPad; this depicts the security gap between work and personal devices. That also speaks to the ubiquity of security practices across all devices-easily one of the most important aspects of human-centered cybersecurity. The third meme, depicting a person looking at their iPhone photo gallery, draws attention to the risks associated with sharing personal information and photos online. This tells the user to be mindful of permissions and possible threats to their data when browsing online content. All the three memes relate to people-centric security, as they emphasize how individual behaviors and habits influence security in general; each one addresses different contexts where awareness is called for, using humor in order to make the concepts of cybersecurity more relatable and memorable.

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