{"id":363,"date":"2026-02-10T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/?page_id=363"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:44:43","slug":"cyse201s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/cyse201s\/","title":{"rendered":"CYSE201S"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences:<br>\u3164\u3164\u3164By definition, cybersecurity is the practice of protecting internet-connected systems. While this is true for most subjects in cybersecurity, social sciences being introduced can bring a different perspective. Instead of focusing on the technical work with systems, social sciences will focus on the &#8220;human factor&#8221; of security. Following the teachings of social engineering, ethics of cybersecurity, and understanding the overall behavior of humans can give a different approach to critical thinking and working on systems all together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are 3 pictures that I think represent cybersecurity and the social sciences the best:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" style=\"width:495px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-600x281.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u3164\u3164\u3164<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-371\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-1.png 670w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-1-451x300.png 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-2.png 530w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-2-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39852\/2026\/02\/image-2-353x300.png 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences:\u3164\u3164\u3164By definition, cybersecurity is the practice of protecting internet-connected systems. While this is true for most subjects in cybersecurity, social sciences being introduced can bring a different perspective. Instead of focusing on the technical work with systems, social sciences will focus on the &#8220;human factor&#8221; of security. Following the teachings of&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/cyse201s\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31539,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jacobthurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}