Digital Transformations and Cybersecurity: A Sociological Approach to Understanding Digital Threats and Their Social Dimensions

Abstract

This research explores cybersecurity from a sociological perspective, emphasizing that digital threats have evolved beyond technical challenges to become complex social phenomena affecting societal structure and stability. The study adopts an analytical approach using conflict and structural functionalist theories to interpret the dynamics of cybersecurity within the digital transformation era. The findings indicate that cybersecurity reflects ongoing struggles over power and knowledge, while the digital divide among nations and social groups reveals new forms of inequality. In the Libyan context, weak institutional structures heighten vulnerability to cyber threats, underscoring the need for a comprehensive approach that transcends purely technical solutions. The study recommends developing a national cybersecurity strategy that integrates social and cultural dimensions, enhancing digital awareness, and promoting sociological research on cybersecurity to strengthen societal resilience in the digital age.