New Perspectives in Behavioral Cybersecurity II

New Approaches in Behavioral Cybersecurity II brings together international perspectives that explore how human behavior intersects with cybersecurity. The chapters highlight the integration of behavioral sciences like psychology, economics, and sociology with traditional cybersecurity approaches.

Wayne Patterson is a retired as a professor of computer science at Howard University. In 1993, he was appointed Vice President for Research and Professional and Community Services, and Dean of the Graduate School at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. His other service to the graduate community in the United States has included being elected to the Presidency of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, and also to the Board of Directors of the Council of Graduate Schools. Dr. Patterson has published more than 50 scholarly articles primarily related to cybersecurity, one of the earliest textbooks in cybersecurity, Mathematical Cryptology (1986), and recently New Perspectives in Behavioral Cybersecurity (CRC Press, 2024).
He received degrees from the University of Toronto (BSc and MSc in ,athematics), University of New Brunswick (MSc in computer science), and the University of Michigan (PhD in mathematics). He also held Post-Doctoral appointments at Princeton University and the University of California - Berkeley. He has recently been honored to have been named to the "Hall of Honour" at his undergraduate University, St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada, and also by having a Graduate Fellowship named after him at the College of Charleston, in recognition of his being the Founding Dean of the Graduate School there.