Characteristics of Cybersecurity Victims at Clark Atlanta University

The cybersecurity business report (2018) estimates that cybercrime damage costs will hit $6 trillion annually by 2021 which is an upward trend from $3 trillion in 2015. Resources are being invested in training and understanding the human factors that contribute to these crimes to help deter them. However, most of the research has focused primarily on the Caucasian population with African Americans and other minorities being overlooked. This study focused on the psychosocial characteristics of this under-represented segment of the population in cybersecurity research. The results support past research on the relationship between the demographic variables and cybersecurity victimization but shed new light on these relationships in the minority population.