What can we learn from human factors programs in other industries? with Dr. Calvin Nobles

Dr. Nobles, a cybersecurity scientist and human factors practitioner, explains how other industries (aviation and medicine, for example) have leveraged the discipline of human factors to reduce human errors and how we should take a similar approach in cybersecurity.

Show Notes

Dr. Nobles is a cybersecurity scientist and human factors practitioner with more than 25 years of experience. He retired from the U.S. Navy and currently works in the financial services industry. Dr. Nobles recently completed a Cybersecurity Policy Fellowship with the New America Think Tank in Washington, D.C.

In this episode we talk about:

• What human factors is and what a human factors engineer does.
• Chronic fatigue and stress in the cybersecurity industry.
• What approaches the aviation industry has taken to address the likelihood of human error.
• What leaders at organizations can do to embrace human factors and design systems that are "more favorable to humans."

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