ABSTRACT
There is a race between malicious actors and the amount of skilled security professionals available to meet the demand. Coupled with this is an increased amount of attacks and breaches attributed to social engineering. This category of attacks could stand on its own or is often a vital part of the puzzle served by malicious actors. These social engineering attacks constitute behavioral, cognitive, or social techniques that typically, the traditional cybersecurity professionals are not trained or equipped for. Behavioral cybersecurity is emerging as a vital piece to the wholistic development of cybersecurity professionals, its recruitment and retention. Lots of professionals attest to the fact that new ways of tackling the malicious actors is necessary. If the malicious actors are gaining an advantage utilizing behavioral techniques, then the security professional should be well equipped in solving or mitigating against problems involving behavioral techniques. To this end, traditional cybersecurity education should include behavioral aspects early on and onwards to educate, train, recruit, and encourage talented individuals with social, cognitive, and behavioral skills to help develop the wholistic cybersecurity professional.
