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About Shawn

I'm a junior majoring in Informatics with a focus on Cybersecurity. I live in Huntsville, Alabama - also known as "Rocket City". I love to kayak and take my black lab on hikes.

Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Education for Remote Workers

This is my research proposal on Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Education for Remote Workers. Due to the recent pandemic, the workforce has been quickly changed into more of a remote workfroce – and this has posed significant cybersecurity risks to many companies and individual workers. In this report, I  propose an experiment to measure the effectiveness … Continue reading Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Education for Remote Workers

Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks Through User Training

Hypothesis: The increased cybersecurity risks of remote workers can be mitigated by informing remote workers about cybersecurity risks through user training. Introduction Since numerous organizations adapted to the pandemic by instituting telecommuting, there has been a corresponding rise in cybersecurity risks among remote workers. It has been commonly reported that remote workers have pushed back … Continue reading Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks Through User Training

Finishing Secondary Research for Work-at-Home Cybersecurity Project

My search topic is the cybersecurity challenges presented by a remote workforce and the search terms all relate to “work from home” and “cybersecurity” in some manner. Some of the related terms that keep popping up are “coronavirus” and “covid” because that was the main impetus for a dramitic increase in remote work as well … Continue reading Finishing Secondary Research for Work-at-Home Cybersecurity Project

Research Related to Work from Home Cybersecurity Due to Covid

My topic is “work from home cybersecurity” especially as it relates to the sudden increase in work-from-home since the advent of covid. SUBJECT SEARCH Search term: “work from home cybersecurity” Database: Nursing & Allied Health Database Source: Wirth, A. (2020). Cyberinsights : COVID-19 and What It Means for Cybersecurity. Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, 54(3), 216-219. … Continue reading Research Related to Work from Home Cybersecurity Due to Covid

Remote Workers and the Need for Work from Home Cybersecurity Measures

SEARCH 1 Keyword: “work from home cybersecurity” Database: Computer Source # of Returned Results: 239 Boolean Search: “work from home cybersecurity” NOT “framework” Limit to: Results from 2020-2021 Final Result: 64 Results Search was generally useful, because many of the results are relevant due to their recency and specificity. SEARCH 2 Keyword: “cybersecurity remote workers” … Continue reading Remote Workers and the Need for Work from Home Cybersecurity Measures

Current Cybersecurity Concerns for Work From Home Employees

Continuing my research this week on the subject of work from home (WFH) employees and the cybersecurity challenges it uniquely poses, here are the keywords I chose to search: Keywords work from home cybersecurity cybersecurity remote workers telecommuting cybersecurity Databases Used Computer Source Faulkner’s Advisory for IT Studies Gale Onefile Computer Science Collection SEARCH 1 … Continue reading Current Cybersecurity Concerns for Work From Home Employees

Research on the Cybersecurity Risks of Work From Home Employees

Your initial research idea and your current research idea. If there are changes, tell us how they are different and why. What led you to change your focus? I initially thought I would do a research study showing the factors that make a successful website. I later realized this was probably not a good fit … Continue reading Research on the Cybersecurity Risks of Work From Home Employees