Journal 6 Gary Hensley 07/4/2026 Cyber attacks and hacking are not new but are getting larger and talked about more. It is depicted more and more in Hollywood. I had many ideas about what hacking looked like growing up. A lot of my thoughts on hacking came from what I saw in movies and reported in the news. Studying cybersecurity and just personal interest research has shaped how I look at the cyber world today. Most of my interest in the cyber world came from movies.

Journal 5 Gary Hensley 06/28/2026 In the world of cybercrimes everyone has different motives for committing their actions. Some main reasons include money, revenge, politics, or entertainment. After looking at some articles looking into the reasons why people commit crimes, I'm going to rank seven of the motives that make the most sense. The motives I'll be looking at are entertainment, politics, revenge, boredom, recognition, money, and multiple reasons. At number one, I

Journal 4 Gary Hensley 06/21/2026 Maslow created the hierarchy of needs. A triangle divided into levels. At the bottom of the triangle are physiological needs, which form the base. As you move up the triangle, you have safety needs, belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization at the top. It is the thought that every human has needs. We work towards the top, not always making it to the top. Our behavior is dictated by the needs we strive for, and as we change our needs, t

Journal 3 Gary Hensley 06/06/2026 The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse website is a source of information about data breaches. The reports provided who was breached and how it occurred (PrivacyRights Clearinghouse, 2026). Reports are able to tell what data was breached and the type of breach, with the location of the most affected areas. Reports can be a great tool for cybersecurity studies, allowing one to see past and current trends. In the social sciences, many branche

Journal 2 Gary Hensley 06/01/2026 In the world of the social sciences, it is regarded as scientific as any other science. We can apply scientific principles to the study of cybersecurity. The principles we can look at are relativism, objectivity, parsimony, empiricism, skepticism, ethical neutrality, and determinism. Starting with relativism. It is the idea that everything is linked in a form. This can be seen with technology and its fast growth. The birth of the intern

Journal entry 1 Gary Hensley 05/24/26 Looking over the work role categories from the niccs.cisa.gov website, I see a few paths that interest me. I am most interested in design and development. I think it will be a role that could be challenging and provide me with some tasks that I would have to troubleshoot. Some work roles in that field that interest me are in cybersecurity, architecture, and operational technology cybersecurity engineering. The next field i see as a path