Course Info

CSEC 345: Human-Centered Cybersecurity

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

Winter 2024-2025

Winter 2023-2024

Fall 2022-2023

Fall 2021-2022


Section 701

Class number 7293

  • Meeting dates: 9/8/2021 - 11/23/2021
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00216 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Filipo Sharevski | View syllabus