Everything You Wanted to Know About Security But Were Too Afraid to Ask with Ira Winkler

Ira Winkler, founder of Secure Mentem and Chief Information Security Officer at Skyline Technology Solutions, talks about how thoughtfully-designed user experiences can build in security prevention, detection, and reaction.

Show Notes

In this episode we talk about:

• Building a system in a way that, as Ira says, “a user cannot initiate a loss”
• What designers need to know about prevention, detection, and reaction when it comes to security 
• What we can learn from safety science 
• How designers can get a seat at the table when it comes to human security engineering

Ira Winkler is the founder of Secure Mentem and Chief Information Security Officer at Skyline Technology Soutions. He is the author of seven books on security, the latest of which is You Can Stop Stupid (discussed in this episode). He also has a new book in the works, Security Awareness for Dummies, which will be available in 2022.

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