Cyber Security and Cyberpsychology: Georgia Crossland
This piece from 4th Year CDT student Georgia Crossland, looks at how cyber security can be related to the discipline of cyberpsychology. What is Cyberpsychology? Cyberpsychology is a diverse area of research aiming to formalise the psychological and scientific understanding of the impact, processes and outcomes that digital technologies have facilitated in individuals, social groups and society. The cyberpsychology discipline involves research surrounding gaming, social media, virtual reality, online learning and virtual interest groups and the impact of such technologies on people. However, another growing research area is the application of psychology to cyber security (also referred to as information security). How does cyber security fit in? If we are looking to understand the impact that digital technologies have facilitated in individuals, groups and society, we also need to understand how, why and where security comes into play; how are individuals, groups and society, as well a...