ULOGA PSIHOLOGIJE U UNAPREĐENJU CYBER SIGURNOSTI
THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY

Summary/Abstract: Inspiration behind the paper and the issue (s) it addresses: The online environment is a significant factor which takes part in the daily behavior and activities of individuals and organizations in the modern human society. The emergence of online communication increases risks and develops experiences of negative encounters among users, especially young people. In this regard, the online environment significantly contributes to a serious emergence of criminal and violent behavior (eg harassment, sexual exploitation, fraud, hacking). Therefore, the role of psychology in enhancing cybersecurity is very important. Research objectives (scientific and/or social): The scientific aim of this research is to examine the causal link between online communication and deviant, including criminal forms of behavior. The social aim of the results of this research is to contribute to the understanding of human behavior in a virtual space, whereby psychology explores and studies the changes in behavior at the individual and collective levels. Methodology/Design: The methodological approach in this research is based on perceptions of contemporary social psychology. Limitations of the research/paper: Given the fact that information technology experts and psychologists increased their mutual cooperation in the field of interaction of individuals with computers, however, cyberpsychology is a more significant field of research. Nevertheless, advocates and experts in cyberpsychology continue to face issues regarding multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity (eg. cybernetics-computers). Scientists from different disciplines look at the same phenomena from different perspectives, and sometimes their understanding and language differs in a way that it is difficult to achieve an optimal and acceptable consent. Results/Findings: On the basis of results from previous research and of studying scientific and cognitive information, there is an alarming rise in cybercrime in the world, as confirmed by the fact that something under 2/3 of the population has become the victim of some type of cybercrime.

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