Psybersecurity: A New Emerging Topic and Research Area within Human Security, Part 1

With the rise of technology in every facet of daily life, the increased conveniences come with multiple security risks. When imagining cybersecurity, the focus is generally on the protection of personal information, and the technology that stores this information. However, cyber-attacks can come in multiple forms. The term psybersecurity refers to the subject of securing the mental health, including protection of the human psychological wellbeing from the psychiatric consequences of technology usage, and studying the mental health attack surface plus vectors within the field of human security [1, 6]. With 1,473 reported cybersecurity breaches and over 164.68 million sensitive records exposed in the United States alone [2], the aftermath of these attacks extends beyond the technical repercussions.