The social psychology of cybersecurity.

McAlaney, John; Taylor, Jacqui; Faily, Shamal

Abstract

As the fields of HCI, cybersecurity and psychology continue to grow and diversify, there is greater overlap between these areas and new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. This paper argues for a focus specifically on the role of social psychology in cybersecurity. Social psychological research may help explore the dynamics within online adversary groups, and how these processes can be used to predict and perhaps prevent cybersecurity incidents. In addition the issue of motivations of cyber adversaries and the social context in which they operate and will be discussed. Finally the benefits of the shared experience of psychologists and cyber security practitioners in addressing issues of methodology and conceptual development will be explored.

Citation

MCALANEY, J., TAYLOR, J. and FAILY, S. 2015. The social psychology of cybersecurity. In Proceedings of the 1st International conference on cyber security for sustainable society, 26-27 February 2015, Coventry, UK. Working papers of the SSN+, 3. London: Sustainable Society Network+, pages 686-689.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 1st International conference on cyber security for sustainable society
• Start Date: Feb 26, 2015
• End Date: Feb 27, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Feb 26, 2015
• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 14, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 14, 2021
• Publisher: Sustainable Society Network+
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 686-689
• Series Title: Working papers of the SSN+
• Series Number: 3
• Series ISSN: 2052-8604
• Keywords: Systems security; Cybersecurity; Human-computer interaction (HCI); Psychology; User behaviour; Hacking
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1427756