Emerging Cyber Threats and Cognitive Vulnerabilities

Essential reference on the psychology of human behavior and decision-making as it relates to digital security

Vladlena Benson (Edited by), John McAlaney (Edited by)

9780128162033, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 21 September 2019

252 pages, Approx. 358 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.34 kg

Emerging Cyber Threats and Cognitive Vulnerabilities identifies the critical role human behavior plays in cybersecurity and provides insights into how human decision-making can help address rising volumes of cyberthreats. The book examines the role of psychology in cybersecurity by addressing each actor involved in the process: hackers, targets, cybersecurity practitioners and the wider social context in which these groups operate. It applies psychological factors such as motivations, group processes and decision-making heuristics that may lead individuals to underestimate risk. The goal of this understanding is to more quickly identify threat and create early education and prevention strategies.

1. Human element in cybersecurity 2. Cognitive computing and cybersecurity 3. Factors leading to cyber victimization 4. Terrorism, ideology and radicalization 5. Context dependent user beahvior and cybersecurity controls 6. Cybersecurity analytics and big data 7. Securing the Internet of Things 8. Privacy modelling and protection 9. Ethics in the Digital Age 10. Blockchain and DLT technologies in cybersecurity 11. Online research methods 12. Robotics, AI and machine learning 13. Groups online: hacktivism and social protest 14. Script kiddies: How online tools may encourage criminal behavior 15. Other cyberpsychology topics

Subject Areas: Enterprise software [UFL], Geopolitics [JPSL], The self, ego, identity, personality [JMS], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM]