How can we avoid the human being a security weakpoint?

For the last decade, messaging around cyber security has often followed a similar pattern: Make people fear the consequences of being hacked. We are only human, after all. We’re flawed, and we’re fallible. So are we the weakest link in the cyber security chain? Or is there a better way to look at it?

To answer that, we’re joined this week by HPE Cyber Security Awareness Training Program Manager, Joanne O’Connor.

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Sources and statistics cited in this episode:
Psychology of Human error: https://www.tessian.com/research/the-psychology-of-human-error/
Survey of most commonly used passwords: https://s1.nordcdn.com/nord/misc/0.78.0/nordpass/top-200-2023/200-most-common-passwords-en.pdf
JET Fusion experiment: https://ccfe.ukaea.uk/programmes/joint-european-torus/
ITER Fusion lab : https://www.iter.org/proj/inafewlines

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