Ep 26 Dr John Blythe - Protecting the Human Element in Cybersecurity

In today’s episode of Confessions of a CyberPsychologist, I chat with Dr John Blythe ( / dr-john-blythe-cpsycho... ) a cyberpsychologist specialising in the human side of cyber security working for Immersive Labs (www.immersivel....
Our conversation delves into why people remain such a critical component in cybersecurity breaches, how behavioural science can help tackle emerging threats, and why we need to rethink how we train and motivate individuals for better cyber resilience. We specifically chat about:
00:35 What got John into, and what he does within the field of, CyberPsychology including forensic, business and cyber psychology and ‘The Internet of Things’.
05:05 What his role encompasses as the Director of Cyberpsychology at Immersive Labs -including the human element of cybersecurity including training and upskilling both internally and with customers.
07:18 The Dawes Centre that focusses on how we mitigate crimes of the future - being a lens into new innovations and how they may be open to crime.
10:49 His White Paper on how people can trick AI bots into revealing company secrets. The low barrier to entry for hacking generative AI. What a ‘prompt injection attack’ is and what companies, or individuals, can do to help mitigate these attacks.
17:22 How Gamification can improve cyber resilience and why gamification is a better option for engaging the workforce in cybersecurity training and the 3 psychological states that need to be met to motivate people, to develop cyber workforce resilience - competence, connection and autonomy.
26:07 The Human Affected Cyber Security (HACS) Framework and the role of human factors in delivering cyber security.
32:34 How to get into the human behaviour side of cybersecurity - what to study, or work experience is needed.
36:38 Where the future of the psychology of cybersecurity lies.
If you are interested in the human behaviour side of cybersecurity, you will probably find this episode interesting.
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