Social Science and Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is not just the security of information, it is also the security of people as well. When social science is included into the conversation, people from several areas work together to understand the human aspects of cybercrime.
- Figure 3: People involved in cybersecurity and social science
Cyber awareness helps prevent attacks
By spreading cyber hygiene to more than just cyber professionals, more cyber attacks can be prevented. Developing new and simple methods to mitigate and help others learn about cybersecurity is helpful as well.
- Figure 5: Help mitigations through cyber awareness to people
Interwoven bonds between Cybersecurity and Social Science
Cybersecurity is already an interwoven field, but adding social science to the mix greatly widens it as well. This will help mitigation techniques by considering the human behavior, economy, environment, and changes in the world.
- Figure 1: Interwoven between cyber and social science
One example of cybersecurity and social science
Social Engineering is one aspect of cybersecurity that can be connected and useful with social science. The attacker’s and victim’s behaviors are both useful in creating a strategy to help defend against other social engineering attacks.
- Figure 4: Social engineering, cybersecurity, and social science