Cybersecurity Professional Career Paper: SOC AnalystStudent Name: William BeiserSchool of Cybersecurity, Old Dominion UniversityCYSE 201S: Cybersecurity and the Social SciencesInstructor Name: Diwakar YalpiDate: 11/16/2025 A Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst is one of the most critical roles incybersecurity. SOC analysts monitor networks, investigate suspicious activities, and protectorganizations from cyberattacks. While the job seems purely technical,…

William Beiser11/15/2025Article Review #2: Personality, Behavior, and Criminal Typologies in Cybercrime ResearchRelations to Social SciencesThe Cybercrime Journal article by Ghaleb & Sattarov (2025) directly connects to coreprinciples of the social sciences by examining how psychological traits influence cybersecuritybehavior. The professor-provided article on cybercriminals versus traditional criminals situatescyber offending within sociological and criminological frameworks, emphasizing howenvironment,…

William Beiser9/27/2025Article Review #1The International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence & Cybercrime (IJCIC) plays acrucial role in the field of social sciences by examining how human behavior, institutions, andsocietal structures interact with digital threats (IJCIC, n.d.). Rather than limiting the study totechnical vulnerabilities alone, the research examines how individual perceptions, culturalbackgrounds, demographic factors, and power relations…

The principle of parsimony, or “keeping things simple,” can definitely apply to cybersecurity. Simple systems are often easier to understand, manage, and secure because there are fewer moving parts that could fail or be exploited. I’m familiar with this based off of the training we had in the Navy related to basic cybsercurity practices.  For…

1. Cybersecurity Policy Analyst People in this field bridge the gap between tech, law, and community by analyzing laws and policies related to the use of technology. I think this would be a great career for anyone who think about the ethics of cybersecurity.  2. Security Awareness Specialist/HR This is the person that comes into…

Critical infrastructure systems, such as power grids, water treatment plants, transportation networks, and oil pipelines, are essential for modern society. As these systems increase with the human population, they become more vulnerable to cyber threats, physical attacks, and operational failures. As technology has become more integrated into infrastructure, the risk of cyberattacks has grown significantly….

The CIA Triad represents three principles in the realm of cybersecurity. It guides people to protect sensitive information from threats.

As a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with a limited budget, I would do my best to balance spending between employee training programs and new technology. Since human error and workplace deviance are of the biggest causes of cybersecurity threats, I would allocate a good portion of the budget to annual or semi-annual cyber threat…