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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Ripples 24 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 35: The Second Look
Some comforting news for once: almost nothing this week is about being cleverer. Computers can now copy voices...
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Insight 24 Aug 2026 8 min
Fewer Meetings, More Engagement: What Breakout Action Groups Suggest About Champion Network Structure
Almost every security champions programme starts the same way. Someone sets up a recurring meeting, invites th...
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Signals 24 Aug 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 35 - The Second Look
A voice that sounds right, a friendly message from a plausible stranger, a programme everyone assumes is worki...
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Signals 17 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 34: Knowing Isn't Doing
If there is a thread running through this week's research, it is the stubborn distance between what people kno...
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Ripples 17 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 34: Knowing Isn't Doing
Hello Champions! This week's stories all circle one idea: knowing about scams is not the same as being ready f...
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Ripples 10 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 33: Mind the Gap
Five things caught our eye this week, and every one of them gives you something simple to share with your team...
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Signals 10 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 33: Mind the Gap
This week's edition circles a single question: what happens in the space between knowing and doing? A peer-rev...
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Insight 2 Aug 2026 7 min
We made our website readable by machines
Somebody asked an AI assistant about security champions programmes last month. It gave them an answer. Our nam...
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Ai Alignment 1 Aug 2026 15 min
John in Sales built an app this afternoon
Polish used to be an honest signal that somebody had thought carefully about how a thing was built. It is now ...
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