Research & Articles

Knowledge that drives better security culture

Research insights and practical articles on behavioural science, security culture, and human cyber risk - from the CyBehave research programme.

Research Insights are findings from the CyBehave research programme - data, evidence and what it means for practice. Articles are practical guidance - how to apply behavioural science to your security programme day to day. The Signals and Ripples weekly briefings round up what matters each week.

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Behavioural Change 30 Oct 2026 12 min
Behavioural change for awareness professionals: what actually moves people
You know the training landed. Completion is high, the quiz scores are good, and the behaviour is unchanged. Th...
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Insight 29 Oct 2026 9 min
Who Is the Choice Architect for Your Agents?
Ask an organisation that deployed AI agents and decided how they behave, and you'll usually find a name by wor...
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Ripples 26 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 44: The Path of Least Resistance
Scammers are sneaking fake meeting invites into calendars, and a new trick asks you to copy and paste a “fix...
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Signals 26 Oct 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 44 - The Path of Least Resistance
People are not the weak link this week; the path is. The new Oh, Behave! report finds people willing but untra...
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Behavioural Change 23 Oct 2026 1 min
Moving on from the spreadsheet
Almost every champions programme started in a spreadsheet, because until recently there was nothing else. Spre...
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Ripples 19 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 43: Benefit of the Doubt
This week is all about trust. A fake boss’s voice nobody wants to question, why our brains believe first and...
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Signals 19 Oct 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 43 - Benefit of the Doubt
Who gets the benefit of the doubt in your organisation? This week: 600 CISOs say AI agents are now insiders in...
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Behavioural Change 16 Oct 2026 13 min
How to scale a champions programme without losing what made it work
A programme that works at twenty champions often stops working at two hundred. The activity is the same, the n...
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Ripples 12 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 42: Carrots, Not Sticks
Scams are getting nicer. This week: fake job offers that tripled in a year, flattering sponsorship messages th...
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