The Security Awareness Specialist               A Security Awareness and Training Specialist is a very important profession within cybersecurity. Their job is not to manage technical aspects or code within an organizations systems. Instead, their job is to change human behavior in the rest of the employees. This role focuses on the “Human Element” and relies…

The article, “Cybersecurity when working from home during COVID-19: considering the human factors,” examines the psychological and sociological impacts on employees forced to work from home (WFH) during the pandemic and how those impacts affected their cybersecurity behaviors. The core research question here is: How did stress, anxiety, shared spaces, and technology use impact an…

The article, “Cyberbullying and Cyberbullicide Ideation Among Jordanian College Students,” investigates the psychology behind how cyberbullying and suicidal ideation are linked within university populations. The core research question here is: How do cyberbullying victimization, perpetration, and low self-control individually and collectively impact a student’s likelihood of experiencing cyberbullicide ideation? The overall hypothesis in this article…

IntroCritical infrastructure systems are very important when it comes to keeping a society functioning,but due to bad actors, these systems are also very susceptible to cyber attacks. These systemsinclude power grids, water facilities, transportation networks, gas pipelines, etc. SupervisoryControl and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems help significantly with monitoring and controllingthese facilities, but it also introduces…

IntroAs I put on my Chief Information Security Officer cap, I realize that the balance of investing intraining and investing in additional cybersecurity technologies is a very critical task. This is evenmore difficult with my nondescript limited budget. My personal approach would consist of acombination of both training and technologies, with a bit of an…

The CIA Triad is a group of cybersecurity principals that help form the backbone of anycybersecurity action. The CIA Triad stands for confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Confidentiality has to do with ensuring that only those who should have access tosomething can access it. For example, only those who have a particular clearance shouldhave access to top…