Cyber Influence and Cognitive Threats

In the wake of fresh allegations that personal data of  Facebook users have been illegally used to influence the outcome of the US general election and the Brexit vote, the debate over manipulation of social Big Data continues to gain more momentum. Cyber Influence and Cognitive Threats addresses various emerging challenges in response to cybersecurity, examining cognitive applications in decision-making, behaviour and basic human interaction. The book examines the role of psychology in cybersecurity by addressing each factor involved in the process: hackers, targets, cybersecurity practitioners, and the wider social context in which these groups operate.

Cyber Influence and Cognitive Threats covers a variety of topics including information systems, psychology, sociology, human resources, leadership, strategy, innovation, law, finance and others.

Explains psychological factors inherent in machine learning and artificial intelligenceExplores attitudes towards data and privacy through the phenomena of digital hoarding and protection motivation theoryDiscusses the role of social and communal factors in cybersecurity behaviour and attitudesInvestigates the factors that determine the spread and impact of information and disinformation

1. Cybersecurity as a social phenomenon

John McAlaney and Vladlena Benson

2. Towards an integrated socio-technical approach for designing adaptive privacy aware services in cloud computing

Angeliki Kitsiou, Eleni Tzortzaki, Christos Kalloniatis, and Stefanos Gritzalis

3. Challenges of using machine learning algorithsm for cybersecurity: a study of threat-classification models applied to social media communication data

Andrei Queiroz Lima and Brian Keegan

4. 'Nothing up my sleeve': information warfare and the magical mindset

K. Scott

5. Digital hoarding behaviours: implications for cybersecurity

Nick Neave, Kerry McKellar, Elizabeth Sillence, and Pam Briggs

6. A review of security awareness approaches: towards achieving communal awareness

Azma Alina Ali Zani, Azah Anir Norman, and Norjihan Abdu Ghani

7. Understanding users' information security awareness and intentions: a full nomology of protection motivation theory

Farkhondeh Hassandoust and Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn

8. Social big data and its integrity: the effect of trust and personality traits on organic reach of facebook content

Vladlena Benson and Tom Buchanan

9. The impact of sentiment on content post popularity through emoji and text on social platforms

Wei-Lun Chang and Hsiao-Chiao Tseng

10. Risk and social influence in sustainable smart home technologies: a persuasive systems design model

Nataliya Shevchuk, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, and Vladlena Benson