This page features a writing assignment completed for CYSE 201S: Cybersecurity as a Social Science. In this course, we explored how cybersecurity is connected to human behavior, ethics, and broader social systems. For this paper, we were asked to choose a cybersecurity career and explain how it relates to social science concepts covered in class.

The assignment focused on how cybersecurity professionals use social science research and principles in their daily work, especially when addressing issues that impact marginalized groups and society as a whole.

Social Science in Cybersecurity Professions

This paper focuses on the role of cybersecurity analysts and how their work is guided by key social science concepts such as human behavior, ethics, communication, and the social impacts of surveillance and data protection. It explores how professionals in this career navigate real-world decisions using both technical knowledge and an understanding of the social systems their work affects.

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