Article #2 review

Cybersecurity and cyber policies are extremely important when trying to
keep online information safe and protected. This process would require a lot of
studying and examining of how people interact and behave online. Cybersecurity
relates to the principles of social sciences because it examines how people’s
behaviors and interactions online impact security measures. The article
“Cyberattacks, cyber threats, and attitudes toward cybersecurity policies” talks
about different forms of cyber attacks that have taken place and the type of damage
they have caused to people all over the world. The article states that civilians who
are exposed to cyber attacks and violence often get feelings of anxiety and
helplessness in the face of these threatening forces. This goes to show how much
of a direct link social science can play not only in helping battle the cyber crime
but the after math of a crime as well. The article uses various methods of survey
research to get to the bottom of a lot of points in the article with one being does the
public differentiate between interventionist and regulatory forms of cybersecurity
policies? As well as if exposure to different types of cyberattacks lead to
heightened support for different types of regulatory policies? To test these
questions the author settled with the survey research method to where they ran
controlled and randomized surveys that exposed 1022 participants getting them the
information they were looking for. Past events have shown that the public
internalizes attacks but the aftermath is when reports are heaviest but reports later
in the day are the ones with the most accurate information but by the times these
reports surface, the major damage is already done.
One hypothesis in the article is stated that cyber threat perception will
mediate the relationship between individual exposure to cyberattacks and support
for cybersecurity policies. To test this hypothesis the researchers of the article once
again were dependent on the survey research method as they conducted a
controlled survey experiment to get more information. This survey exposed
respondents to simulated news reports about major cyberattacks. The experimental
manipulation relied on professionally produced original video clips that broadcast
feature news reports. The lethal treatment group viewed a feature report discussing
several lethal cyberattacks that had taken place against Israeli targets, while the
nonlethal treatment group broadcast a collection of stories pertaining to nonlethal

Hasher Khan
10/25/2023
cyber incidents. The article touches on many other points as well such as the
debate on digital surveillance centers on how and whether the authorities should
gain access to encrypted materials. This is something that made me think of the
Values and cyber security portion of the module 9 power point. Cybersecurity
professionals tend to believe in controlling access to data which is something I
agree with. Cyber professionals will for the most part never do anything to harm
your sensitive information but will do everything they can to protect it. Hackers
may believe information should be accessible but this is why they cyber
professionals must do everything they can to ensure that this is not the case and all
sensitive data stays from the reach of any cyber terrorist who is trying to cause
harm.
Overall, the article touched on some very strong points on why cybersecurity
policies should always be strong and ready for any form of cyber threat committed
by these cyber criminals that are hoping to do nothing but cause harm to us and our
sensitive data and information. The article incorporated a lot of forms of survey
research by conducting controlled surveys on users all over and retrieving strong
valuable information from these survey processes. The article helps make society
much more aware of the threats and danger of cyber crime by providing examples
of why these cyber issues are so critical and providing information and examples
of previous attacks and threats to help prepare us for any and every cyber threat we
may face in the future. One thing we know is that cyber threats are continuing to
grow every day all over the world so we must do all the research we possibly can
to keep ourselves protected.