Social Cybersecurity is an emerging interdisciplinary form of cybersecurity. It focuses on the human element involved in computer technologies. With it exemplifies the need to protect against cyber warfare using social cyberwarfare. This is generally done by information and psychological means; think manipulating a narrative from a bot network spamming propaganda. Nations such as Russia are prime examples of a country utilizing this hybrid-warfare style due to their invasion of Ukraine. It shows how information in social networks needs some sort of cybersecurity protection to prevent external manipulation. Primarily like traditional cybersecurity the best method is through education, as informing people about the risks, the methods, and the reason why someone would want to manipulate information in their social spaces will help people understand when it is occurring.
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