After completing this class, students will be able to:
- Compare how basic psychological, sociological, criminological, political, economic, and
legal theories and models explain cybersecurity - Identify the strengths and weaknesses of those theories in understanding the connections
between human behaviors and cybersecurity - Define key concepts including cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyber criminology, cyber law,
digital forensics, human factors, cyber policy, cyber risk, cyber threats, and cyberwar. - Identify how professionals in various cybersecurity careers apply these multidisciplinary
concepts in their daily routines - Describe how hypotheses and research questions are formed in studies addressing
cybersecurity through a social science lens - Describe how data are collected, measured, and analyzed in studies addressing
cybersecurity through a social science lens - Identify how marginalized groups have confronted challenges and concerns related to
cybersecurity as well as how these groups have contributed to our understanding about
the topic. - Explain how the application of social science theories, principles, and research strategies
have contributed to our understanding of cybersecurity at the societal level.
Career Paper
Article Review 1
Article Review 2
This class as well as these three assignments I included above aided me in understanding different scenarios in the social sciences that utilizes examples from the Cybersecurity field. The career paper delve into the world of ethical hacking/penetration testing, where I had to observe the mindset and actions of ethical hacking professionals, and how they make their decisions based on the situation at hand. Both article reviews explained cyberbullying in the workplace and online shopping and its affects on the mind stem of individuals.