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CyberGenomics: Application of Behavioral Genetics in Cybersecurity
Ingrida Domarkienė1, Laima Ambrozaitytė1, Linas Bukauskas2
1Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 25, 2021
Summary
Cybersecurity experts combine technical skills with unique genetic traits. Behavior genetics can inform understanding of these traits and potential stress profiles in cybersecurity roles.
Area of Science:
- Interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science and behavioral genetics.
- Exploration of the genetic underpinnings of cognitive and behavioral traits relevant to cybersecurity.
Background:
- Cybersecurity (CS) is a complex, multidisciplinary field requiring specialized technical knowledge.
- Cybersecurity professionals often exhibit non-standard ways of viewing technology, suggesting a blend of learned skills and inherent traits.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the interplay between professional computing skills and genetically encoded traits in cybersecurity specialists.
- To contextualize behavior genetics within the application of cybersecurity and identify methods for analyzing genetic information for behavioral insights.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on behavior genetics and its application to professional traits.
- Discussion of biostatistical approaches, such as polygenic scores, for creating individual risk profiles based on genome variants.
- Examination of stress as a factor in cybersecurity roles and its potential genetic correlates.
Main Results:
- Human behavioral traits result from complex interactions between multiple genome variants and environmental factors.
- Individual risk profiles can be constructed by combining known genome variants linked to specific behaviors using polygenic scores.
- Advancements in behavior genetics offer new possibilities for understanding and potentially enhancing cybersecurity expertise.
Conclusions:
- Cybersecurity expertise is influenced by both acquired skills and genetic predispositions.
- Behavior genetics offers novel methodologies for understanding the psychological profiles of cybersecurity professionals.
- Ethical considerations are paramount when applying genetic information to assess behavioral traits in high-stakes fields like cybersecurity.
Keywords:
behavior geneticscomplex traitscybersecuritygenetic architecturegenome-wide association study (GWAS)human behaviorhuman factorrisk assessmentstress genomicsMore Related Videos
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