OPI cyber talk for executives
Presentation given to CEOs attending the OPI conference in Chicago, IL, November, 2015
Are Users Careless or Simply Human?
The concept of “psychology of security” is often a foreign concept to IT professionals, yet they all acknowledge that users are the biggest challenge. When hackers are unsuccessful at exploiting technical vulnerabilities, they turn their attention towards users. They scan for responses to psychological triggers and cognitive patterns that can [...]
When High-Level Executives Become the Easiest Target of Cyber Attacks
When I speak with IT security professionals, the number one challenge that they face is how to get upper management more involved. How do you motivate them to make cyber security a personal matter? The truth, show them why and how they are the prime target of cyber theft. Executive [...]
On Cyber Security, Technology and Human Behaviors
“This is one piece of the puzzle that we rarely think about.” My colleague and I just finished presenting at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Security Control Oversight & Update Training (CSCOUT) conference. This might seem an unusual place for a behavioral change management practitioner, but the topic [...]