CYBERSECURITY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
After completing this class, students will be able to:
- 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
cyber war. - 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
about 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.
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