CSEC 345: Human-Centered Cybersecurity (Formerly CNS 345)

A survey of behavioral theories relevant in cybersecurity context. Topics include economic theories of decision making, heuristics, biases, and bounded rationality, signal detection theory, mental models, social engineering, game theory, information search, and cognitive engineering. Students work on term paper describing potential application(s) of a theory of their choice in cybersecurity context. PREREQUISITE(S): IT 263 or CSC 242