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CYSE 201S is currently a cybersecurity class I am taking. I plan to learn much more about the cybersecurity field. I am really new to the cybersecurity and computer science world, and I plan to explore so many things in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Article Review 1 : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article 1 Review
The Electronic Contract in Civil and Commercial Codes
The Electronic Contract in Civil and Commercial Codes
This article does a great examination of electronic contracts. These electronic contracts
were under the legal frameworks or Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE. This article somewhat
highlights how societies adapted to the legal set up to help with digital practices.
From the social principle perspective, the realtionship between technology and norms
were really underlined in this article. The people that controlled electronic contracts
believed that it was very necessary for change. The things they felt were necessary to
change were things like legal codes, and how society would respond to technological
advances. The process of all these things, makes me understand the concept of
changing and adapting to new things
This article seemed to always center around this one question in my opinion. How do
these 3 places attack or fix these electronic contracts? The hypothesis suggests that
these countries do a good job monitoring the traditional contracts, but they do not know
how to do a good job monitoring social contracts.
To research these things, they did a good job of examining laws, legal definitions, and
looking across all jurisdictions. With all these things being worked on, it is now easier
for electronic contracts to be enforced into the legal system. Many of the data analysis
comes from the Jordanian Law and the UAE Law.
Everything that is happening causes a big impact on the marginalized groups.
Especially the ones that barely had access to technology. The people who didnt have
much access to technology would be the ones who are having problems such as paying
for something digitally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, the electronic contract is a positive thing for those 3 countries. It has
many contributions to society. It promotes things like international trading, promoting
digital payments, and overall, just making life easier for the people in general. This
article really pushes for our technology to keep advancing so everything can stay
effective.
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Article 2 : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article Review #2
Understanding Systemic Cyber Risk
The article \u201cModelling systemic cyber risk\u201d dives into the growing concern of systemic
cyber risk in today’s digital infrastructure. The authors from this article hired a Bayesian
employee to model the insight into how incidents can happen through these systems. This
review will analyze the article through the basis of social science principles, communities,
and data analysis.
Systemic cyber risk is a social science issue which involves mostly human behavior. This
study. The study goes with social sciences because it explores how risk perception and
trust influence this great thing called decision making in cyber security, which I believe is
the hardest thing about cyber security. Another thing is that this article supports the
principle that all situations are not simple and isolated, they come from and impact very
complex cyber security social systems.
The central research question is: How can a Bayesian network model be used to identify
and assess systemic cyber risks in interconnected digital infrastructures? From the article,
the answers I have are: Cyber risk are not isolated, but they often get speeded. We have to
understand interconnections to provide some better strategies. Another thing I noticed
was the networks affected the possibilities of failures.
The authors seemed to use a quantitative approach using the Bayesian networks, graph
models were used to represent variables. An acyclic graph model was also used. The
method is used for mainly computer science, here what the studies involved: Finding key
nodes in digital infrastructures, plotting out all potential hackers and attacks, and using
the probability theory to act out these scenarios to understand these complex systems.
The data was a mix of expert insight and synthetic scenarios constructed to immolate
these real-life digital situations. Some analysis involved simulating cyberattack scenarios
to observe cascading effects across the system. Some results showed that some failures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in one node could have a different effect somewhere else. The study really keys in on the
importance of nodes and the need for our systemic, and not isolated risk assessments.
When we fail to appropriately handle cyber-attacks, people with little to no digital access
are the ones that are hurt the most by it. And it hurts them because they really have no say
in the cyber policy discussions, so the ones in those discussions won’t really know how
they feel. Also, people with low incomes are affected if we don’t handle cyber-attacks
efficiently.
This article connect to our powerpoints by them including the Quantitative and Qualitative
methods in cybersecurity, this is very good to use in researching in social sciences.
Here are a few contributions to the society : Systemic Awareness has been increased, this
article raises awareness in the digital systems. The decision support is also better with this
article, cyber experts and policy experts will now be better in making intelligent decisions,
they will now investigate more details before deciding how to handle things.
Watson, R., Blay, A., & Nurse, J. R. C. (2024). Modelling systemic cyber risk: A Bayesian
network approach. Journal of Cybersecurity, 10(1), tyae026.
https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/cybsec\/tyae026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Journal Entries <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Top 3 Careers of Interest: The three careers of that I would be interested in are: Urban and Regional Planner, Political Scientist, Economist. I love to plan so planning out neighborhoods, analyzing trends are also an interest of mine, and collecting data to analyze products are also another interest of mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2)Appeal the most vs least: There are many different roles in the Cybersecurity area, but the one I find the most interesting is Systems Security Management. During my school years, I can do pretty good in managing things, I am a very organized person so Systems Security Management will be a good job for me, I feel like I will have the skills needed to do the job when I graduate from college. Now the thing I find the least interesting is the Executive Cybersecurity Leadership. I am not the type of person to lead anything, I am a more laid-back person. If I tried to take on a leadership role, it would be out of my comfort zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3)How the principles of science relate to cybersecurity: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of things that relate to cybersecurity today, one of the terms I think has a big impact on cybersecurity is Empiricism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empiricism reminds me of actually learning new things through watching and learning rather than just thinking of what-ifs and things like that. In cyber security, one thing to do is to look at data and actually take in the info so you can know what to do for the next occurrence, things like cyber attacks or attack patterns in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parsimony also relates to cyber security in many ways. While trying to make a good cybersecurity system, Parsimony is a good thing to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How researchers may use info to study breaches: Researchers may use this website to analyze breaches by looking into what may have caused a certain incident. They may look at things like trends and looking into the security to see what could have been an issue. By looking at all of these things, they can figure out the pattern or cause of the situation and improve cybersecurity plans. Also, looking at these incidents, and solving these incidents can help people in cybersecurity create better and more useful rules. With better protection and rules in place, this would create minimal risk and a safer environment for our internet today.PrivacyRights.org | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3)Researchers may use this website to analyze breaches by looking into what may have caused a certain incident. They may look at things like trends and looking into the security to see what could have been an issue. By looking at all of these things, they can figure out the pattern or cause of the situation and improve cybersecurity plans. Also, looking at these incidents, and solving these incidents can help people in cybersecurity create better and more useful rules. With better protection and rules in place, this would create minimal risk and a safer environment for our internet today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4)In Maslow’s Hierarchy and Needs, this connects to technology today in various ways.  Even though I have very little digital experience,  in the psychological level , technology meets nearly all basic needs, like having apps to talk to our family, apps to order food, apps to call for emergencies, and so much more.  The internet can improve on security, but for the most part, it is very good. It has things like two step verification, face ID, and one time verification codes. For esteem, this means that someone may post something like their winnings or their achievements online to boost their status, or ego. And for self-actualization, this means that you use technology to learn new things. Using things like educational apps and videos to learn new info is what technology is all about, gaining knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5)It has really opened my eyes on how people in the media perceive cybersecurity and how it really works.  I never really thought about how unrealistic many hacking scenes in movies and shows are. Hollywood often portrays hackers as lone geniuses who type furiously and break into highly secure systems in seconds, but after learning more from the video, I realize how misleading that all is.  Actual real hacking is really slow and calculated.  Real-life hackers spend hours researching flaws and  writing code. They also take a lot of time to test a lot, if not all, exploits in a system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6)I got an 8 on the scale, After the survey, I realized how reliant I am on social media. Sometimes I think if I was not on my phone so much, I would be doing so much better in everything. Sometimes when I do assignments, I would take a “break” scrolling on tiktok, instagram, and X. When I would take that break, the ten minutes turns into an hour, and that hour turns into forever, then I end up  not getting anything done. I feel like if everyone took a break from social media, we would all do better as a society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 I came away with a much deeper understanding of how cybersecurity extends far beyond just technical systems and firewalls, it also involves people and social behavior. The authors argue that traditional cybersecurity often overlooks the “social” side of threats, such as social media manipulation. These tactics target human vulnerabilities, not just technological ones, which makes them harder to detect and counter using cybersecurity methods. What really stood out to me is the concept of a \u201chuman firewall\u201d.t\\The idea that educating and empowering individuals to recognize manipulation can be just as critical as securing hardware and software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8)The video highlights several social themes connected to the role of a cybersecurity analyst, emphasizing how deeply the job is tied to human behavior and interaction. While much of the work involves technical tasks like monitoring networks and investigating threats, the analyst repeatedly stresses the importance of understanding user behavior to identify suspicious activity. Social engineering, for example, is a major concern, showing how attackers often manipulate people’s trust to gain access rather than exploiting software alone. The analyst also discusses the importance of teamwork and communication, underscoring that cybersecurity isn\u2019t a one-person effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9)The letter shows how two economic and social theories apply. The Rational Choice Theory explains that basically the company acts in their own interest and waiting to tell the news to the customers. They had more information than customers, which puts the customers at a disadvantage. The Social Contract Theory explains how the customers trust companies to protect certain data, this trust that the customers thought they had been now completely broken. Now the Neutralization Theory shows how the company tried to avoid being blamed, such as excuses that the law asked them to “delay” the news or what not. This is just the cause and effect of the companies decision making <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10)The Bug Bounty program allows the companies to pay researchers to find the weak spots in these such systems. This article views existing research, and highlights the fact that these programs are helping companies gain access to a wide range of security expertise and manage the cybersecurity costs to the best of their ability, which is very effective. The study suggest that the bug bounty programs benefit economically and also allows firms to take over with security by getting better talent. This is way more effective than maintaining a large in-house teams. And also, more effective cost wise as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11) After watching Davin Teo\u2019s TEDx talk on digital forensics, I found his career journey very interesting. He showed how digital forensics is not just about technology, but also about understanding people and their behavior. This connects closely to the social sciences, like psychology and sociology. Davin talked about solving crimes by studying digital clues, which often reveal human actions and intentions. His path to becoming a digital forensics expert showed how curiosity, problem-solving, and understanding human behavior are important skills. I think it\u2019s cool how his work mixes tech with social science to help find the truth and serve justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Career Paper : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity Analyst: Social Science in Practice
Cybersecurity Analyst
As technology becomes increasingly involved in our lives every day, the need for
cybersecurity throughout the world has expanded welly beyond the technical realm.
Cybersecurity analysts play a major role in protecting our sensitive data, and individuals
from dangerous threats. With all of this being said, cybersecurity analysts\u2019 role expands
into understanding human behaviors, social systems, and broader social context, the
areas grounded into our social science. This paper will explore how cybersecurity analysts
use social science in their research and in their daily work, especially to behavioral
statistics, some ethics, diversity, and how they protect marginalized communities
The core responsibility of a cybersecurity analyst is to identify and mitigate threats, which
are mostly rooted from human error and\/or manipulation. One of the most common
attacks methods comes from social engineering, which exploits humans’ minds to trick an
individual to give up some type of confidential information. It is critical to understand why
people fall for these phishing scams, and how trust is, and can be easily manipulated
online. This requires knowledge of sociology, behavioral science, and psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity analysts frequently rely on social science research to design more effective
training programs the addresses these people’s weaknesses, and where they fall for these
such scams. For example, applying psychology helps the analyst predict how people are
going to respond to certain messages and alerts. If they can understand these patterns,
analysts can build better awareness and interfaces that guide safe behavior.
Social science principles inform ethical frameworks that guide cybersecurity work.
Analysts mostly solve complex issues in privacy, data usage, and surveillance. As analysts,
we should answer questions like: How do we protect privacy while still monitoring threats?
What data is worth protecting?
Social science research helps the professional’s develop new and improved
policies. For example, maybe adopting a utilitarian perspective can change how a
company thinks, and how the approach data and information. Cyber decisions are not just
technical, they consider what happens in real life, and what groups are affected by their
decisions.
Cybersecurity analyst must also consider how marginalized groups, such as LGBTQ
people, and immigrants, are target in plenty of cyber threats. Studys have shown that
marginalized populations often have less access to cybersecurity resources. For example,
hate groups target certain individuals. A cybersecurity analyst must be able to recognize
these types of patterns and create systems that prioritize keeping these individuals safe
and sound.Analysts also work with the legal experts to advocate for better protection for these
marginalized groups. By applying social science, professionals continue to contribute to
create a safer digital environment.
Cybersecurity is such a collaborative field; cybersecurity analysts work with diverse
teams. Behavior and communication skills are very important in this field. Social sciences
help navigate workplace dynamics and how to manage conflicts. Together they make long-
term strategic plans.
Understanding groups and theory supports cybersecurity teams in handling tough<\/p>\n\n\n\n

situations and develops a culture of security. Analysts who interpret social cues and learn
more communication styles will likely be more successful in getting non-technical staff to
understand and engage in practices.
The career of a cybersecurity analyst is far more than just understanding codes and
all the nerd stuff, there are plenty of more things involved. You have to understand human
patterns, social structures, and promote ethical standards. Social sciences can build
more effective and responsive security systems. By addressing the specific needs of
marginalized communities and applying behavioral research, cybersecurity analysts not
only protect data but also advance justice and equity in the digital world.
\u2022 Hadnagy, C. (2018). Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking. Wiley.
\u2022 Nissenbaum, H. (2009). Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of
Social Life. Stanford University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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