NEIL FROST joins us for Series 3, Episode 7 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Join us for this straight forward discussion on how to cultivate easy to digest security campaigns that have the lasting effect of benefiting culture. Neil Frost was part of the team responsible for Security Awareness and Culture at the HMRC (the UK Tax Office). Before that he worked at the UK Police Force on Training and Awareness.    AS YOU LISTEN TO THE EPISODE, IF YOU FIND YOURSELF WANTING TO...

The Accidental Security Specialist, with David Shipley.   Living up to our promise to bring you fantastic guests, David Shipley joins us for Series 3, Episode 6 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Time to go phishing so grab your rod. David is a self professed accidental cyber security professional, but has spent time as a soldier, newspaper reporter and marketer. After a cyber hack within his company occurred, David grew increasingly interested in cyber security and was asked to...

DESIGNING LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT STICK, WITH MEGAN SUMERACKI   Megan Sumeracki joins us for Series 3, Episode 5 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast.  Megan Sumeracki is an Assistant Professor at Rhode Island College. She co-founded the Learning Scientists in January 2016 with Yana Weinstein. Megan received her Master’s in Experimental Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Purdue University. Her area of expertise is in human...

Storytelling For Better Cybersecurity, with Sarah Moffat Sarah Moffat joins us for Series 3, Episode 4 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. With a vast background in cybersecurity and understanding the human factor, Sarah is currently advising the Federal Government on privacy and security in Washington, D.C.  She is also a leadership and development coach, using her knowledge of psychology to inspire others, tailoring specific training to meet the personal needs of her clients. Can...

Applying Marginal Gains One Small Step At A Time, with Chris Fleming. Chris Fleming steps in to join us for Series 3, Episode 3 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast.  If you have been with us here for sometime you will know we strive to bring you the highest caliber guests for your listening delight.  After hearing Chris do an incredible presentation at the SANS conference on marginal gains (you all know how much we here at the podcast love those marginal gains) we knew he would be...

Kenda MacDonald joins us in the hot seat for Series 3, Episode 2 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Kenda MacDonald is now an award winning business owner, and the award winning author of ‘Hack The Buyer Brain’. In our show today, we're going to dive into what we in the security awareness profession can glean from insights provided by marketers such as Kenda and their understanding of human behaviour and decision-making.

Reducing Cyber Risk By Reducing Friction, with Jason Hoenich Jason Hoenich joins us as we return for Series 3, Episode 1 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. We are glad to be back after our hiatus having made a few changes to the podcast that we hope will add value and increase our reach so we can continue making security and behaviour awareness an engaging topic for all. Both a security vendor and a sponsor of this podcast, Jason is a leader in the security awareness arena and a...

The Road to Effective Leadership and Successful Organizational Change, with John P. Kotter   John P. Kotter joins us on the show for episode 25 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast.   We know that while some of our listeners will see his name and ask themselves, “Who?”,  those who are familiar with John P. Kotter’s work will be asking, “How?”. As in, ‘How did they get him on the podcast?’. Wherever you find yourself on the spectrum, we are very excited to bring you this interview...

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Joining us on the show today is Todd Courtney, an author who has created a series of children’s books in partnership with his wife that are scientifically based and geared towards instilling children with healthy mindsets and positive behavioural circuitry before the age of 7, the age at which human behavioural patterns become mostly solidified.

Gert Jan Hofstede joins us for a second time on the show for Series 2, Episode 11 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. He is a population biologist and social scientist hailing from the Netherlands whose research and publications have provided many with deeper understanding in the areas of cultural evolution, societal change, cultural stability, and how those forces interact with and have influence upon one another. He is also known for his work in social simulation.

Eliciting Intrinsic Motivation and Reframing Problems, with Rachel Lawes   Rachel Lawes joins us for Episode 22 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Rachel gave a fantastic interview back in Series one of the podcast, and if you haven’t had a chance to listen yet, please check it out here when you’re able. We’ve received feedback from a few people recently about how they were really blown away by what Rachel had to say about semiotics as well as how she spoke more broadly about...

While Nathan Mielke was teaching a cyber security lesson in homeroom at the Hartford Union High School in Wisconsin, the school experienced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that took them down for about a class period. While the identity of the attacker was never discovered, Nathan is fairly certain the attacks were coming from a student’s phone, or as it goes in classic American Horror films, the call was coming from inside the house…

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Joining us on the show today is Bennett Arron,  Bennett was one of the first major victims of Identity Theft in the UK. According to the Police and credit reference agencies, he owed thousands of pounds to phone companies, banks and department stores. The only thing was, it wasn’t him... Listen in as Bruce and Bennett talk about the power of humour in communications, tone of voice, humour's ability to cross cultural lines,...

Welcome to Series 2, Episode 7 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Joining us on the show today is Jonathan Armstrong, a lawyer who helps multinational clients with risk and compliance across Europe. Recent projects include lots on data breach, GDPR & data transfer, UK Bribery Act 2010, internal investigations, ethics & compliance code implementation, emerging technology, and corporate governance & online reputation.

On Episode 6 of series 2 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast we are joined by Dr. Char Sample. Dr. Sample is a researcher-fellow employed for ICF at the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland, and she has over 20 years experience in the information security industry. Dr. Sample’s area of research examines the role of national culture in cyber security behaviours. Presently she is continuing research on modeling cyber behaviours by culture.

Observations and Take-Aways: Episodes Review with Craig Thomson, Security & Awareness Manager   On this episode of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Bruce Hallas is joined by Craig Thomson, the Security Education & Awareness Manager at Nationwide Building Society. He is an experienced Education specialist with a demonstrated history of delivering impactful results in the Defence, Air & Space and Information Security arenas. He is skilled in the management of Training Programme...

Hilary Scarlett is an international speaker, consultant and author on change management and neuroscience at Scarlett & Grey. Hilary’s work has spanned Europe, the US and Asia and concentrates on the development of people-focused change management programmes, coaching and employee engagement. Join us on Season 2 Episode 4 of the Re-Thinking the Human Factor Podcast as we discuss what makes our brains tick, and how understanding our brains can lead to increased success in behavioural and...

Did you know up to 80% of information is forgotten within 24 hours? Admittedly, this is not an encouraging statistic for those of us seeking to raise awareness, change behaviour, and foster an appropriate organizational culture. Stella Collins joins Bruce to have a deeper look into this issue. Stella is a learning specialist and an expert in Brain Friendly learning. She works with Stellar Learning to support and train their clients to build excellent relationships and make critical messages...

Often when we talk to people about organizational culture, they see it as something so big that it's too overwhelming to think about. They focus instead on awareness and driving behaviour. However, behavioural science keeps pointing to the fact that individuals need to feel involved in policy creation if buy-in and behavioural change are to occur. Interestingly, the amount of interaction that people need in order to feel that they are involved is probably a lot less than you think…

As we like to do every so often, Episode 1 of Series 2 begins with a conversation with Louise Cockburn, a listener to our show whom we invited to come on and share insights she's picked up from previous episodes of the podcast, as well as her own experiences and thoughts on the challenge of security awareness, behaviour and culture.

Listen to Su Ee Wong talk about creating behavioural change that become part of organisational culture in this episode of Re-thinking the Human Factor.

We like to invite listeners to the podcast to come on the show and share insights that they’ve picked up from previous episodes of the podcast.  We also invite them to share their own experiences and thoughts on the challenge of security awareness, behaviour and culture. In this show, Ed Tucker, the 2017 European CISO of the Year joins us to lift the lid on the challenges he sees and the insights he’s picked up. Ed feels there is a common theme between what Robert, Ciaran and Gert discuss...

Joining Bruce Hallas on Episode 10 of the Re-thinking the Human Factor Podcast is Dr. Rachel Lawes, who comes to the show with a background in the field of semiotics. Don’t worry, if you’re not familiar with the term, you’re probably in good company. However, upon learning more about Rachel and the field of semiotics prior to recording the interview, we knew she had something of interest, substance, and worth to bring to the conversation around Cyber Security Awareness, Behaviour, and Culture.

Dan Ariely, recently voted as the second most influential psychologist in the world, joins Bruce Hallas on Episode 09 of the Re-thinking the Human Factor Podcast. Dan’s speciality is in the study of behavioural economics with a focus on communicating his findings in a language anyone can understand.

On this episode of Re-thinking the Human Factor, Ben Afia joins Bruce Hallas in a discussion around “Tone of voice”. Tone of voice deals with the brand and personality of an organization coming through in language, in words, and this personality stems from values, both personal as well as those of a broader organizational culture. Ben is a consultant, writer and speaker on brand strategy, language and change.