About this ebook
This volume introduces innovative perspectives from countries as varied as Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, and the Philippines, among others, reflecting the global nature of cyber challenges. New Approaches in Behavioral Cybersecurity II: Human Behavior for Business, Profiling, Linguistics, and Voting brings together international perspectives that explore how human behavior intersects with cybersecurity. The chapters highlight the integration of behavioral sciences such as psychology, economics, and sociology with traditional cybersecurity approaches. Contributors examine linguistic differences in cyberattacks, explore the impact of personality on hacking behavior, and provide insights into ethical practices in the digital age. The reader will be able to take a different and international look at the complex and evolving world of cybersecurity.
An ideal read for cybersecurity professionals, human factors practitioners, academics, and students, this book will help readers broaden their understanding of how human behavior influences cyber defenses.
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About the author
Wayne Patterson is a retired as a professor of computer science at Howard University. In 1993, he was appointed Vice President for Research and Professional and Community Services, and Dean of the Graduate School at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. His other service to the graduate community in the United States has included being elected to the Presidency of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, and also to the Board of Directors of the Council of Graduate Schools. Dr. Patterson has published more than 50 scholarly articles primarily related to cybersecurity, one of the earliest textbooks in cybersecurity, Mathematical Cryptology (1986), and recently New Perspectives in Behavioral Cybersecurity (CRC Press, 2024).
He received degrees from the University of Toronto (BSc and MSc in ,athematics), University of New Brunswick (MSc in computer science), and the University of Michigan (PhD in mathematics). He also held Post-Doctoral appointments at Princeton University and the University of California - Berkeley. He has recently been honored to have been named to the "Hall of Honour" at his undergraduate University, St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada, and also by having a Graduate Fellowship named after him at the College of Charleston, in recognition of his being the Founding Dean of the Graduate School there.
