Category Archives: CYSE 201S: Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences

Digital forensics investigators collect, analyze, and report data to be used in a court of law. Digital forensics relates to criminology because investigators and cybersecurity experts can use digital information to solve crimes, or to understand why criminals commit crime. Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 13: Watch this video and think about how the career of digital forensics investigators relate to the social sciences. Write a journal entry describing what you think about the speaker’s pathway to his career.→

I think that the five most serious online violations (in no particular order) are bullying, faking your identity online, illegal searches on the internet, sharing passwords/addresses/photos of others, and collecting information about children. To start, online bullying, or cyberbullying, is Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 12: Review what the author says and write a paragraph describing the five most serious violations and why you think those offenses are serious→

This is a great article that dives into bug bounty programs, exploring their impact on cybersecurity and shedding light on factors that influence the number of valid vulnerability reports received by these programs. It begins by dissecting the literature concerning Continue reading CYSE 201s Journal 11b: Read this article and write a summary reaction to the use of policies in your journal. Focus primarily on the literature review and the discussion of the findings.→

The sample data breach letter is somewhat similar to the classic economic theory. Classic economic theory suggests that markets are generally efficient and self-regulating. The security breach, as explained in the letter, can be seen as a disruption to the Continue reading CYSE 201s Journal 11a: Read this sample breach letter and describe how two different economic theories and two different social science theories relate to the letter→

After watching the video, I thought of several social themes that are related to her video about cybersecurity analysts. First, she mentions at the beginning of the video, in the segment “What is a Cybersecurity Analyst”, that cybersecurity analysts (CA’s) Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 10b: Write a paragraph describing social themes that arise in the presentation→

The article “Social Cybersecurity: An Emerging National Security Requirement” is a great article that explores the field of social cybersecurity, emphasizing its critical role in contemporary warfare dominated by information and psychological tactics. It focuses on the decentralized nature of Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 10a: Read this and write a journal entry summarizing your response to the article on social cybersecurity→

I think that the media has influenced our understanding of cybersecurity in a few ways. The media has given cybersecurity/hacking this aesthetic to make it more visually appealing. In the beginning of the video, specifically when they’re looking at the Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 8: After watching the video, write a journal entry about how you think the media influences our understanding of cybersecurity→

I picked political as 1 because it makes the most sense to me, because hackers can do things in the political atmosphere that could drastically change the lives of many, like altering election results. I picked for money as 2 Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 5: Review the articles linked with each individual motive. Rank the motives from 1 to 7 as the motives that you think make the most sense (being 1) to the least sense (being 7). Explain why you rank each motive the way you rank it. →

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs relates to my experiences with technology in the sense that there are certain technologies that I need everyday and all the time, and there are some that are not as important to me. At the very Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 4: Review Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and explain how each level relates to your experiences with technology. Give specific examples of how your digital experiences relate to each level of need→

One of the areas that appeals to me is Protect and Defend. It appeals to me because it doesn’t seem as technical as the other areas, as you primarily are just analyzing events such as cyber threats and attacks. Another Continue reading CYSE 201S Journal 3: Review the NICE Workforce Framework. Are there certain areas that you would want to focus your career on? Explain which areas would appeal the most to you and which would appeal the least→