Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323905706 ISBN 13: 9780323905701

Publisher: Academic Press, 2022

Synopsis

Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science provides the reader with multiple examples of interactions between cybersecurity, psychology and neuroscience. Specifically, reviewing current research on cognitive skills of network security agents (e.g., situational awareness) as well as individual differences in cognitive measures (e.g., risk taking, impulsivity, procrastination, among others) underlying cybersecurity attacks. Chapters on detection of network attacks as well as detection of cognitive engineering attacks are also included. This book also outlines various modeling frameworks, including agent-based modeling, network modeling, as well as cognitive modeling methods to both understand and improve cybersecurity.

• Outlines cognitive modeling within cybersecurity problems
• Reviews the connection between intrusion detection systems and human psychology
• Discusses various cognitive strategies for enhancing cybersecurity
• Summarizes the cognitive skills of efficient network security agents, including the role of situational awareness

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is the Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at Bond University, Australia. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Lafayette, USA. Dr. Moustafa specializes in computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology (Springer) and has edited ten books, including Elsevier’s Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity; Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; Mental Health Effects of COVID-19; Alzheimer’s Disease; Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science; Big Data in Psychiatry and Neurology; The Nature of Depression; and Social Cognition in Psychosis.

From the Back Cover

With the ever-growing cyber threat, it is crucial we understand human behavior to help better safeguard our interactions with technology. Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science provides the reader with multiple examples of interactions between cybersecurity, psychology, and neuroscience. Specifically, reviewing current research on cognitive skills of network security agents (e.g., situational awareness) as well as individual differences in cognitive measures (e.g., risk taking, impulsivity, procrastination, among others) underlying cybersecurity attacks. Chapters on detection of network attacks as well as detection of cognitive engineering attacks are also included. This book also outlines various modeling frameworks, including agent-based modeling, network modeling, as well as cognitive modeling methods to both understand and improve cybersecurity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323905706
• ISBN 13: 9780323905701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Moustafa