Social cybersecurity is the newest branch of cybersecurity that has emerged.The difference
between regular cybersecurity and social cybersecurity is that one hacks the computer and the
social cybersecurity will hack the human. There is a combination of sociology,
psychology,economics , and politics. There is a way that a lot of different fields can come
together and can apply the skills to this science. This discipline started because of the type of
wars and the need to analyze other enemy countries and being able to do that without hacking
into a system is not something that has been used. In order to develop it many leaders in certain
disciplines had to come together to develop on how to use social science to analyze these people.
The article also explains that a lot of this has to do with how information flows within these
countries that some countries can monitor the spread of information more and by doing they can
change what is happening and what people believe and on the other hand, like in the United
States , they are unable to monitor the spread of information and that the fact checkers need to
users and not the people publishing the text , because they could be spreading false information
as well. Another thing that they mention is that there is no need to be physically in the fight when
some countries can win wars behind the computer screen. Governments are able to influence
other governments and businesses within that country to do things that benefit them without even
realizing it.
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