CSA Cyber Threat Psychology Research

Research into Cyber Threat Psychology is aiming at: Identifying personal conditions which foster the development of behaviors ultimately being deployed to hacktivism

CSA Swiss Chapter Research Topics
October 29, 2025
  • Shyness, often correlated with fragility, not being able to show their skills or being exploited
  • Genius: Super intelligent but often at the same time unable to form social relations
  • One-sided excellence: A form of genius, people are excellent at one particular aspect e.g. logics, but lack most other
  • Isolation: Often a result of the combination of the above, but people may still want to relate, interact, show their skills
  • Social media consumption: Exploitation of soft spots, frustrations, lead people into the arms of seeming idols
  • Unrecognised strengths: People have special strengths but cannot make them apparent, or are not allowed to develop them, or are not supported
  • Frustration from what people may consider unfair treatment at school or at job
  • Disgruntlement after dismissal, or after not being considered for promotion, or for personal reasons in relationships
  • Ideology: often in combination with one or several of the above, also for religious reasons

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