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Zheng / Singh

The Psychology of Cybersecurity

Hacking and the Human Mind

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-041-00570-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungstermin: 29.08.2025
vorbestellbar, Erscheinungstermin ca. August 2025

This book takes a fresh look at the underappreciated role of human psychology in cybersecurity and IT management, discussing the role of cognitive bias and human factors on critical decisions.

Written by an experienced CISO and an academic with over two decades of lived experience dealing with cybersecurity risks, the book considers the psychological drivers and pitfalls of the four key personas in cybersecurity – from hackers and defenders, to targeted individuals and organisational leaders. It bridges state-of-the-art research findings with real-world examples and case studies to show how understanding the psychological factors in cybersecurity can help people protect themselves and their organisations better.

Full of advice on security best practices that consider the human element of cybersecurity, the book will be of great interest to professionals and managers in the cybersecurity domain, information technology and risk management. It will also be relevant to students and those aspiring to grow in this field.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781041005704
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-041-00570-4
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Erscheinungstermin: 29.08.2025
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2025
  • Serie: Current Issues in Cyberpsychology
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Seiten: 186
  • Format (B x H): 156 x 234 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Foreword

Part 1: Enter the world of cybercrime

Chapter 1: Most cybercriminals are made, not born

Chapter 2: Hackers: the good, the bad and the ugly

Hacktivism

Once a hacker, always a hacker?

Notorious hackers

Interviews with real-life cybercriminals

Chapter 3: How an attack is devised

Selecting targets

Skills that make attacks succeed

Social engineering attacks: hacking people’s minds

Ransomware attacks

Exploiting misconfigurations

Chapter 4: Special cases

Insider threats

Whistleblowers

Third party and supply-chain risks

Impact of cyber-attacks on trust

Part 2: Inside the line of defence

Chapter 5: Operational cybersecurity context

Pressures of the job

Cybersecurity needs diversity

Why work in cybersecurity

Chapter 6: Human fallacies and how to overcome them

Biases affecting threat analysis

Biases affecting risk management

Chapter 7: Operational resilience relies on adequate cybersecurity

People

Processes

Technology

Business continuity

Chapter 8: Organisational psychology

Chapter 9: Improving organisational cybersecurity

Good governance

Better training and education

Security by design

Organisational cybersecurity culture

Cybersecurity champions

Nudge programs

Situational crime prevention

Part 3: The target´s perspective

Chapter 10: Psychology applied in cybersecurity

Opening the black box

Brains: natural prediction machines

Chapter 11: How we take the bait

Technical people have human brains too

Know yourself to protect yourself

Part 4: The Psychology of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Chapter 12: Responsibilities of a CISO

The SECCRRT to effective CISOs

Leading the psychology and cybersecurity integration

Shaping the organisation´s psychological security posture

Getting security buy-in across the board

Chapter 13: The psychological toll on CISOs

Managing risk

Managing the executive team

Overcoming stress and building resilience

Chapter 14: Concluding remarks

Glossary