Career Paper Cyber Security Analyst
What is a cyber security analyst?
A cyber security analyst is an IT professional who protects information systems from cyber
threats “whose primary responsibility is to safeguard data integrity, confidentiality, and
availability by monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents.”(Duggal 2024).
How does the job relate to social sciences?
“The cybersecurity analyst thoroughly understands cyberattacks, malware, and the behavior of
cybercriminals, and actively seeks to anticipate and prevent these attacks”.(WGU 2024). One of
the ways a cyber security analyst relates to the social sciences principles of cybersecurity is
when analysts must understand the behavior of cybercriminals. Analysts use sociology for
behavior analysis of these criminals to accurately try to protect what they would decide. Another
way cybersecurity analysts relate to the social sciences is understanding victim decision
making, using psychology to develop strategies that might lessen someone’s victimization rate.
Key concepts from class?
Cybersecurity analysts relate to risk assessment as we talked about in class risk assessments
are not determined by people and not by technology. Another key concept for cyber security
analysts is victimization. Cyber security analysts are able to determine someone’s victimization
rate by analyzing their decision they make while traversing the internet. Cyber Security analysts
when dealing with cyber criminals will try to determine the individual motives as discussed in
class to better understand why they are committing the crime to quickly respond and resolve it.
Conflict theory discussed in class relates to the power struggle between cyber criminals and cyber security analysts because they are in a constant state of conflict, one trying to cause
conflict while the other trying to stop it.
Cyber Security analysts and marginalized groups?
Marginalized groups like female africans americans might have a harder time getting into
careers like cyber security analysts because of barriers they might face but groups like black
girls who code have changed the landscape and made careers fields within technology more
accessible to female african americans. Another marginalized group that might have a hard time
getting into the career field are low income individuals because most of the time these jobs
require bachelor’s degrees but things like cybersecurity bootcamps that cost less then going to
college for 4 full years help low income inducals even the playing field when it comes to
education. Some algorithms might have bias against marginalized groups. AI based tools might
be different in different races. The only way to solve this is to allow more marginalized groups
into the fields to allow for more perspectives in the field.
Conclusion: how do cybersecurity analysts affect society?
“They help to protect organizations and help them address network and system breaches when
they occur. Part bodyguard and part rescuer, the cyber security analyst has the power to defend
a company against attack and come to the rescue during times of need.”(Post university 2024).
For anyone wanting a meaningful career in cybersecurity cybersecurity analysts is the perfect
job. As society becomes more and more reliant on technology this career field will only become
more and more important. Everyday tasks like shopping, working, and social interaction are
becoming digitalized and are going to continue to be attacked by cyber attacks by cyber
criminals and cyber security analysts will continue to combat those criminals constantly evolving
and adapting.
References
Duggal, N. (2024, October 9). How to become a Cyber Security Analyst: Start your
career!. Simplilearn.com.
https://www.simplilearn.com/what-is-a-cyber-security-analyst-article
Harrington, D. (2024, November 14). Decoding the role: What does a cyber security
analyst do?. Post University. https://post.edu/blog/what-does-a-cyber-security-analyst-do/#:~:text=They%20help
%20to%20protect%20organizations,rescue%20during%20times%20of%20need.
What does a cybersecurity analyst do?. Western Governors University. (2024, September
16).
https://www.wgu.edu/career-guide/information-technology/cybersecurity-analyst-ca
reer.html