Healthcare organizations and institutions of higher education have become prime targets of increased cyberattacks. This book explores current cybersecurity trends and effective software applications, AI, and decision-making processes to combat cyberattacks. It emphasizes the importance of compliance, provides downloadable digital forensics software, and examines the psychology of organizational practice for effective cybersecurity leadership.

Since the year 2000, research consistently reports devasting results of ransomware and malware attacks impacting healthcare and higher education. These attacks are crippling the ability for these organizations to effectively protect their information systems, information technology, and cloud-based environments. Despite the global dissemination of knowledge, healthcare and higher education organizations continue wrestling to define strategies and methods to secure their information assets, understand methods of assessing qualified practitioners to fill the alarming number of opened positions to help improve how cybersecurity leadership is deployed, as well as improve workplace usage of technology tools without exposing these organizations to more severe and catastrophic cyber incidents.

This practical book supports the reader with downloadable digital forensics software, teaches how to utilize this software, as well as correctly securing this software as a key method to improve usage and deployment of these software applications for effective cybersecurity leadership. Furthermore, readers will understand the psychology of industrial organizational practice as it correlates with cybersecurity leadership. This is required to improve management of workplace conflict, which often impedes personnel’s ability to comply with cybersecurity law and policy, domestically and internationally.

Bradley Fowler earned a Master of Research in Cyberpsychology from Capitol Technology University in 2023-Summa Cum Laude, a Master of Science in Cybersecurity in 2018-Summa Cum Laude and Master of Science in Managing Information Systems in 2021-Summa Cum Laude both from Bellevue University, a Master of Science in Cloud Computing Architecture in 2022-Cum Laude and a Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance in 2023 both from University of Maryland Global Campus, a Master of Public Policy in Cybersecurity Policy from American Public University Systems in 2022-Summa Cum Laude, a Bachelor of Arts in eMarketing in 2015-Cum Laude and a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology in 2016-Summa Cum Laude, both from University of Arizona Global Campus. In December 2023, Bradley completed a Graduate certificate in Human Resource Management from Wilmington University. Currently, Bradley is pending oral defense for his PhD in Cybersecurity Leadership at Capitol Technology University. Bradley is alumni of University of Maryland Global Campus, member of the E-Learning Guild, member of the Webmaster Association, member of the National Cybersecurity Student Association; a peer review analyst for the National Cyberwatch Association, lifetime member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, and lifetime member of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). Bradley is co-author of Cybersecurity Public Policy SWOT Analysis for 43 Countries-Routledge Taylor & Francis, author of AWS for Public and Private Sector Cloud Computing Architecture for Government and Business-Apress, Information Assurance Risk Management Strategies for Managing Information Systems and Technology in the Cloud-Apress, and Cyberpsychology Can Help Us Understand Cybercrime-Nova Science Publishers.

Bruce G. Chaundy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Arizona Global Campus before pursuing a Master of Science in Psychology at American Public University System, and before pursuing a Master of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology at Southern New Hampshire University. Bruce managed Detroit Electrical Coatings, LLC., as the Purchasing Manager before becoming the Purchasing Manager for Axxis Corporation. He has more than 40 years’ experience working with corporate personnel. Bruce is a lifetime member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.