BEHAVIORAL CYBERSECURITY APPLICATIONS OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (HB 2019) Hardcover

Since the rise of the Internet, cybersecurity challenges have grown significantly, evolving into various forms of exploitation. However, cybersecurity research has remained limited, mostly conducted by professionals in computer science, electrical engineering, and mathematics. Over time, researchers have recognized that protecting a cyber environment requires more than just technical expertise: it also necessitates an understanding of human behavior, drawing from fields like psychology, behavioral economics, and brain science. The authors, one a computer scientist and the other a psychologist, have spent years exploring how an integrated approach combining technical and behavioral perspectives—referred to as "behavioral cybersecurity"—can enhance cybersecurity solutions. This book is the first to combine these disciplines, offering a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity that includes both traditional technical methods and insights into human behavior.