Cybersecurity as a Social Science
Course Grade Received: A
Learning Outcomes
- Compare how basic psychological, sociological, criminological, political, economic, and legal theories and models explain cybersecurity
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of those theories in understanding the connections between human behaviors and cybersecurity
- Define key concepts including cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyber criminology, cyber law, digital forensics, human factors, cyber policy, cyber risk, cyber threats, and cyberwar.
- Identify how professionals in various cybersecurity careers apply these multidisciplinary concepts in their daily routines
- Describe how hypotheses and research questions are formed in studies addressing cybersecurity through a social science lens
- Describe how data are collected, measured, and analyzed in studies addressing cybersecurity through a social science lens
- Identify how marginalized groups have confronted challenges and concerns related to cybersecurity as well as how these groups have contributed to our understanding of the topic.
- Explain how the application of social science theories, principles, and research strategies have contributed to our understanding of cybersecurity at the societal level.