Henry G. Paguirigan

Suspicion Modeling in Support of Cyber-influence Operations / Tactics Henry G. Paguirigan

Understanding the cognitive process of IT user suspicion may assist organizations in development of network protection plans, personnel training, and tools necessary to identify and mitigate nefarious intrusions IT systems. Exploration of a conceptual common ground between psycho-social and technology-related concepts of suspicion are the heart of this investigation. The complexities involvedd in merging these perspectivess led to the overall questrion: What is the nature of the suspicion towrds IT? The research problem/ phenomenon wasaddress via extensive liteaturereview, and use of the Interactvie Qualitative Analysis methodogly. A problem/phenomenon. Analysis of the system led tot he development of a model of IT suspicion as a progenitor for future experimental constructs that measure or assess behavior as a result of cyber attacks.