What can those of us responsible for security awareness, behaviour and culture learn from a member of the Bloodhound Land Speed world record attempt team when it comes to overcoming the seemingly insurmountable challenges we face?

In this episode we look through the eyes and experiences of an education and awareness manager from Brazil. We explore the consistent challenges, no matter where you are or what your culture is, when it comes to employee awareness, behaviour and culture.

In this episode we delve into the world of branding with the out standing Geraldine Michel and explore possibilities for security professionals responsible for the human factor. We draw on lessons from the world of fashion, by skirting through branding and how Brand Directors and Managers utilise this mammoth of the modern day commercial world to shape and influence behaviour and culture. 

Internal communications is a major stakeholder in employee awareness, behaviour and culture. We often defer to their skills and experience as the specialists in communication strategy for reaching out to internal staff. However, there's something a foot in the industry.

In previous episodes of the podcast we have explored why human judgement and decision making, which drives our behaviour, is heavily influenced by the environment within which we make our decisions. In this episode we take this one step further and ask how employee awareness, behaviour and culture pans out, after all of the theorising and planning, when the tranquil environment of corporate learning is replaced by the rawness of a major security crisis.

An interview with the co-authors of the CyberSecurity ABC's book on awareness, behaviour and culture.

In this episode I have the privilege to chat with the ex Information Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Richard Thomas. Richard explains the challenges that he and his team faced around awareness, behaviour and culture and also his thoughts around what good awareness, behaviour and culture might look like from a regulators perspective when assessing an organisation who has been reported to the regulator for a breach in security around personal data.

The vast majority of cyber attacks target people, not technology. That's why an approach to cybersecurity that centres around people can be a game changer. Research shows that ensuring employees know what to do when faced with a real threat can reduce successful phishing attacks and malware infections by up to 90%. But how do you go about it?

In this episode we explore video content generation to support your efforts to influence employee awareness and behaviour and the need to be aware of the impact your information security team brand can have, on the success of all of your efforts.

Turning to specialists in learning and development is natural response to the need to develop a work force that is not only aware of cyber security risks, but is also competent to manage these effectively. However, the world of L&D, has been going through a paradigm shift and all down to improvements in our understanding of cognitive science (brain science). In this episode we'll explore those shifts and highlight some best practices which aren't as good as claimed.

In this episode we explore culture by drawing on our guests and my own experience of living and working in culturally diverse environments. We answer the question what is culture, how are cultures formed and influenced and the role of technology as both a driver of cultural values and an enabler of change when combined with physical, face to face, inter action.

Humans have achieved great things, from survival through to prosperity, and all because of how our brains have evolved. However, our physical and cognitive evolution lags behind Moores law and our brains just cannot cope with the amounts of information and huge number of decisions we need to make both consciously and unconsciously every day How do our brains cope and why does this coping mechanism make us vulnerable and keep CISO’s awake at night? In this episode Bruce and ProofPoint's in...

A conversation with award-winning CISO, Andrew Rose   ANDREW ROSE joins us for Series 3, Episode 12 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Join us for this straight forward discussion with an award winning CISO who transformed security management for three major organisations.   With his extensive background, Andrew is a strong relationship manager who is able to develop and lead teams, driving initiatives forward with a style that is facilitative, tenacious and positive. Able to...

Know your cyber security risks with Prudence Smith   PRUDENCE SMITH joins us for Series 3, Episode 11 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Join us as we discuss risk assessment within a changing cyber landscape. We know our listeners are going to glean a great deal from this discussion this week and enjoy the fruits of Prudence’s years of experience.   PRUDENCE SMITH is a trusted cyber and security risk professional who has been working in security, technology and compliance in a...

Marketing Strategy Applied To Cyber Security with TERRY O’REILLY   TERRY O’REILLY joins us for Series 3, Episode 10 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Join us as we delve into the brilliant marketing mind of our guest so we can apply this understanding to our industry of cyber security and awareness.   Terry O’Reilly is the host of CBC Radio's Under the Influence. Co-Founder of The Apostrophe Podcast Company. He is also an engaging speaker and author to boot, with over 35 years...

Why we need to re-think the human factor in security, with Bruce Hallas   Bruce Hallas sits in the hot seat for a change as Alexia of Marmalade Box grills him, for this: Series 3, Episode 4 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Having received a lot of emails asking us for more information about Bruce Hallas, the host of this podcast, Alexia agreed to put Bruce through some viewer lead questioning in the hopes of delving deeper into his background and expertise.   Having trained in...

Taking risks to reduce risk, with Eric Ravello   If criminals are doing research into human behaviour then they are designing phishing attacks with the human in mind. As attackers change their attacks, so must cyber security providers change their methods of dealing with them.   Eric Ravello joins us for Episode 33 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. We are holding strong to our promise to bring you top notch guests this week, we cannot wait to delve into this podcast topic. ...