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The security function's culture.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - April 21, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode we take a peek at the role of the security teams’ own culture and its impact on the broader organisational culture. This, is an important perspective, because whilst many commentators focus on influencing organisational culture they haven’t considered the role that the value an...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

An appointment with the Doctor to discuss culture, behaviour and decision making.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - March 17, 2024 17:49 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
If you’re a regular listener then you will have already met today’s guest Dr. Char Sample. Char is a force at work deep within the information security community. Char is a rarity, combining a deep knowledge of both the technical and human aspects of the challenges security professionals face wh...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Insights from advertising for security awareness professionals.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - January 22, 2024 10:45 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode we are joined by a guest who has committed their career to the world of advertising agency work. Influencing target audiences awareness of products and stacking the odds in their clients favour, that the target audience will choose their product over their competitors. The challa...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

A Human Resource view on Information Security Awareness and Education

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - December 04, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
The role of the human resources function, in the the overall process of employee awareness, behavioru and culture can't be under stated. In the early days of my research, at Re-thinking the Human Factor, it was very apparent that HR was a major stakeholder. From what I like to call KPI's clash...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Embracing Diverse Skills When Building an Effective Education and Awareness Team.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - November 20, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
When I first got involved in “information security” 20+ years ago, I found myself almost entirely surrounded by industry peers whose training and experience was in technology or technology disciplines. My training in law, marketing and finance, and my experience in business development, marketin...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

The Science Behind Metrics

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - November 06, 2023 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Finding relevent metrics, for security awareness, behaviour and culture has been a long standing  challenge which the information security industry has struggled hard to address. Now, when I reflect on how I personally tackled metrics, around the human factor, before I kicked off my research p...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Insights from Educational Psychology for Information Security Professionals

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - October 23, 2023 08:50 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Educating employees on their roles and responsilities when it comes to information security and data protection, is common sense, and, even if you don't think that's the case, it is, without a doubt, a regulatory obligation for many. So, what is "education" and what is going on in the world of l...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Understand the forces at play.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - November 29, 2021 12:10 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Our guest, is Dr. Ben Evans. Ben is an aeronautical engineer, and he’s applying his understanding of the forces at play, to the seemingly insurmountable challenge of conquering the breaking a world record at the Bloodhound Land Speed Project. Ben talks about the laws of science and engineering...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

The human factor. A view from Brazil.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - November 03, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Versace, Burberry and Lacoste. Thoughts from branding.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - October 18, 2021 09:43 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 util...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

An internal communications perspective.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - October 05, 2021 07:11 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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. Traditional ideas of what...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

The human factor in the middle of a major security breach.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - September 06, 2021 14:58 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 cul...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

CyberSecurity ABC's

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - August 09, 2021 06:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode I am joined by my co-authors, Adrian, Ciaran and Jess, of the CyberSecurity ABC’s book for a long overdue catch up. We hadn’t been able to spend anytime chatting for a while and so it was fabulous to get us all together again to enjoy having a talk about security awareness, behav...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

An ex-regulators view on awareness, behaviour and culture.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - July 19, 2021 14:42 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Episode Outline: We love a different angle here at Re-thinking the human factor and we think this interview is a great new angle with which to tickle your re-thinkology senses. Pay attention closely and it’s littered with insights which can make a difference to your efforts. In this episode ...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

What does it mean to have a people-centric approach to cybersecurity? And, why you should have one?)

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - July 05, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 infe...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Content is king or so they say! Discover some caveats around the saying as we explore the role of a security influencer.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - June 27, 2021 11:58 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
In this episode we talk with a guest who is on the front line when it comes to employee education and awareness. We talk about video content, tailoring your content to your audience and what it takes to succeed when it comes to creating videos for education and awareness purposes. We will also...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

What role training materials must play in building security aware-rich organisations?

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - June 21, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Knowing when to deliver the right education, to the right people, at the right time is critical in building security aware teams that succeed. However, when failing to maintain users engaged the organisation’s exposure to threats might be an even bigger challenge to solve. In this episode, we’...

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What does it take for security teams to win in the cybersecurity fight?

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - June 14, 2021 07:15 - 55 minutes - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Cybersecurity awareness can be one of the most challenging items in any CISO, IT/Security team’s agenda as building a program that effectively drives awareness and cultural change can be daunting. After all what makes us human, makes us a risk! So, what does it take to win when it comes to drivi...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

How technology can be a CISO's best friend in changing behaviour.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - June 07, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Culture is an intrinsic part of what makes us human – it encompasses the social behaviour and norms found in human societies and their individuals. And, in a ‘always on’ digital society, that can only mean one thing – We Click! We click to open potentially malicious emails, infected files. We cl...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Re-thinking the Human Factor: Cyber Security Mini Series

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - May 31, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 m...

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A conversation with award-winning CISO, Andrew Rose

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - April 28, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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.   Wi...

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Know your cyber security risks, with Prudence Smith

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - April 21, 2020 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 discussi...

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Marketing Strategy Applied To Cyber Security with TERRY O’REILLY.

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - April 14, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 secu...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Why we need to re-think the human factor in security, with Bruce Hallas

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - April 07, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 inform...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Taking risks to reduce risk, with Eric Ravello

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - March 31, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Ravel...

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Simplifying Cyber Security, with Neil Frost

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - March 24, 2020 17:47 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Securi...

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The Accidental Security Specialist, with David Shipley

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - March 17, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 sec...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Designing Learning Experiences That Stick, with Megan Sumeracki

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - March 10, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Ya...

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas artwork

Storytelling For Better Cybersecurity, with Sarah Moffat

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - March 03, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 se...

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Applying Marginal Gains One Small Step At A Time, with Chris Fleming

Re-thinking The Human Factor with Bruce Hallas - February 25, 2020 10:32 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 li...

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