Cognitive differences in offensive and defensive cyber work tasks

James N. Smith, Jason Williams, Tyler M. Pieron

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Abstract

Offensive cyber workers are a small fraction of the overall cyber worker work force. Because of this, they have been lumped in with defensive cyber workers in existing research. This research seeks to understand offensive and defensive cyber workers and their distinct job tasks. We propose an experiment using neuroIS research techniques to examine brain activity of offensive and defensive cyber workers performing both offensive and defensive job tasks to determine the differences in cognition that takes place while performing these two roles. Implications of the research are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)9781733632584
StatePublished - 2021
Event27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Aug 9 2021Aug 13 2021

Publication series

Name27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021

Conference

Conference27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period8/9/218/13/21

Keywords

  • Cyber workers
  • Experiment
  • NeuroIS
  • Security worker

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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