Social Behaviors in Cybersecurity

In the video, “What does a Cybersecurity Analyst Do? Salaries, Skills & Job Outlook,” the author discusses the basic tasks an entry-level Cybersecurity Analyst can be expected to do. Throughout the video the social behaviors I felt were best represented were technical and social skill, civic duty, continued learning, and communication.

Technical skill is implied with hard skills: monitoring and recovery. Social skill is implied in the discussion of training and research projects.

Civic duty was identified as a means to gain experience (churches and nonprofits), but also when discussing her job opportunity which she turned down because she didn’t want to work the graveyard shift. She is clearly not loyal to the ideals which it takes to be a successful cybersecurity analyst.

Continued learning and communication behavior can be seen in her discussion of getting a degree, but also within the job tasks for an analyst. Conducting training for an organization not only requires all of the aforementioned social themes, but also the ability to continue learning beyond what your formal education taught you and to communicate this new information.

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