Technological solutions in the
mobile and digital era are becoming more helpful in informing the population,
educational systems, monitoring, tracking the individuals, working, and
spending time from home. On the other hand, the valuable information within
such systems is posed to the risk of breaches at the individual and
organizational level. As a result, cyber threats are constantly evolving. Many
security incidents and data breaches are associated with the human factor.
Respectively, this work highlights the importance of human factors in
cybersecurity. Firstly, this article gives a brief overview of the topic and
its significance. Then we present the most common risks in the cybersecurity
field and their impacts. The third part emphasizes the role of human factors in
security and elaborates on the behavioral approaches. Our conclusions are drawn
in the last detail. To further our research, we plan to investigate behavioral
science theories on understanding the influence of human factors in
cybersecurity.
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