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This is Part 4 of a four-part series. Parts 1 to 3 covered dual process theory, cognitive biases mapped to attack vectors, and practical intervention design using the EAST framework and choice architecture. This final article addresses the measurement frameworks that connect behavioural security programmes to meaningful risk outcomes.
Read article →There is a particular kind of conversation happening in organisations right now that nobody quite wants to look at directly. It happens between a member of staff and a chatbot, late in the afternoon, when a deadline is closing in, and the policy guidance feels distant, and the AI feels helpful in a way that no colleague currently is. By the end of that conversation, customer data had crossed an organisational boundary that the person, on any reasonable reflection, would not have crossed.
Read article →This is Part 3 of a four-part series. Parts 1 and 2 established why people behave insecurely despite knowing better, and mapped the cognitive biases that attackers exploit. This article translates that understanding into practical intervention design using the EAST framework and choice architecture. Part 4 addresses measurement and programme maturity.
Read article →This is Part 2 of a four-part series. Part 1 introduced dual process theory and the knowledge-behaviour gap. This article maps specific cognitive biases to the attack techniques that exploit them, and examines how the same biases affect security professionals as well as the users they protect. Parts 3 and 4 cover intervention design and measurement.
Read article →This is Part 1 of a four-part series on behavioural science for cybersecurity practitioners. It introduces the foundational theory that explains why people behave insecurely despite knowing better, and why the security industry's default response has been so persistently ineffective. Parts 2, 3 and 4 cover cognitive biases, intervention design, and measurement, respectively
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