Handbook of Human Factors in Cybersecurity Systems by Fausett, Crystal; Keebler, Joseph R.; Schuster, David;

Short description:

This book is an essential read for any student, academic or professional in the disciplines of computer engineering, systems engineering, safety engineering, human factors and ergonomics and cybersecurity engineering.

Long description:

Data and security breaches can cost organizations millions and result in bad publicity and lost income, with humans often being regarded as the “weakest link” in cybersecurity incidents. This book is a cross-disciplinary primer on the latest research on human aspects of cybersecurity, reimagining the role of humans in cybersecurity systems. It aims to increase participation in research on the emerging, critical, and impactful area of human factors of cybersecurity by orienting human factors researchers, professionals, and students to cybersecurity issues while providing them with comprehensive, cross-cutting knowledge from human factors that applies to this emerging area.

Across nine chapters, the Handbook of Human Factors in Cybersecurity Systems covers the essential topics for understanding humans to optimize cybersecurity system performance. Topics included cover system safety, cybersecurity teams, safety culture, cyberattacks, defence approaches, phishing, emerging cybersecurity threats and many more. The book investigates cybersecurity across numerous industries, including aviation and healthcare, and is backed up by interesting, real-life case studies. The reader will develop a full and thorough understanding of how to integrate human factors principles with cybersecurity practices.

With chapters from a team of global experts, this book is an essential read for any student, academic or professional in the disciplines of computer engineering, systems engineering, safety engineering, human factors and ergonomics and cybersecurity engineering.

• Covers why humans are referred to as the “weakest link” in cybersecurity, making the scientific discipline of human factors especially relevant


• Combines author expertise from both human factors and cybersecurity domains


• Delivers a first of its kind title since cybersecurity is a relatively understudied domain within human factors science


• Provides a timely publication since the cybersecurity workforce is at an all time high Includes case studies from major companies that show examples of good and bad practice

Table of Contents:

0. You Can’t Take the Human Out of Cybersecurity: Reimagining People as Partners, Not Problems. 1. Applying Sociotechnical Systems Safety to Cybersecurity. 2. Human Factors within the Cybersecurity Domain. 3. Cybersecurity Incident Response Teams and Multiteam Systems: An Input-Process-Output Framework. 4. Enhancing Cybersecurity Through Teamwork: Developing Effective Security Operation Center Teams. 5. Insights and Recommendations for Improving Handoff Processes in Cybersecurity Operations Centers. 6. Oppositional Human Factors. 7. Complex Healthcare Systems in the Modern Social Engineering Landscape: The Human Factors of System Survivability. 8. Machine Learning for Device Identification with Application in Aviation Cybersecurity. 9. Cybersecurity and Ground Transportation.