Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences

Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences

This course explores how cybersecurity connects with psychology, sociology, criminology, politics, economics, and law. While cybersecurity is often viewed as a technical discipline, this class emphasizes the role of human behavior, policy, and society in understanding cyber risks and building solutions.

Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, I will be able to:

• Compare psychological, sociological, criminological, political, economic, and legal theories to explain cybersecurity.

• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of these theories in understanding human behavior and cyber risks.

• Define key concepts such as cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyber criminology, cyber law, digital forensics, human factors, and cyber policy.

• Explain how marginalized groups face challenges and contribute to cybersecurity knowledge.

• Understand how hypotheses and data are formed, collected, and analyzed in social science cybersecurity studies.

This page will eventually include my weekly journal entries, article reviews, career professional paper, and multimedia reflections connecting cybersecurity with the social sciences.