Journal Entry 15

Watch this video and think about how the career of digital forensics investigators relate to the social sciences. Write a journal entry describing what you think about the speaker’s pathway to his career.

This video relates to the social science of cybersecurity because of the use of human behavior, government policy, and the social impact it brings. Human behavior can translate to the ideas of psychology and sociology when speaking about cybersecurity. These ideas bring a basis to why cyber criminals commit cybercrimes. Government policy plays a role when talking about social sciences because the more stable policies there are, the more efficient the government will be when handling cyber threats. Digital forensics can help monitor previous attacks to prevent future attacks, as well as understand motivations of cyber criminals to put a stop to their actions and motives.   

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