The Role of User Behaviour in Improving Cyber Security Management

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ahmed A. Moustafa¹  Abubakar Bello⁴  Alana Maurushat⁴ 

[1] School of Psychology, Western Sydney University;The Marcs Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University;Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg;School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University

关键词: cyber security;    social engineering;    information security;    phishing;    cognitive hacking;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.561011

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Information security has for long time been a field of study in computer science, software engineering, and information communications technology. The term ‘information security’ has recently been replaced with the more generic term cybersecurity. The goal of this paper is to show that, in addition to computer science studies, behavioural sciences focused on user behaviour can provide key techniques to help increase cyber security and mitigate the impact of attackers’ social engineering and cognitive hacking methods (i.e., spreading false information). Accordingly, in this paper, we identify current research on psychological traits and individual differences among computer system users that explain vulnerabilities to cyber security attacks and crimes. Our review shows that computer system users possess different cognitive capabilities which determine their ability to counter information security threats. We identify gaps in the existing research and provide possible psychological methods to help computer system users comply with security policies and thus increase network and information security.

【 授权许可】

CC BY