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 23 Sep 2026 18 min
Simple and Complex Contagion
Information spreads on a single contact. Behaviour does not. Reporting a suspicious email, challenging a senio...
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Ripples 21 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 39: Charm Offensive
Every story this week has the same twist: the scams that work best are the friendly ones. Fake recruiters offe...
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Signals 21 Sep 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 39 - Charm Offensive
Charm is now a delivery mechanism. This week: fake recruiters running whole job interviews, fraudulent hires h...
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Behavioural Change 18 Sep 2026 12 min
Why now is the right time to start a champions programme
Security champions are not a new idea, so what has changed? Five things, and they have converged at once: AI-g...
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Insight 16 Sep 2026 8 min
Behaviour Change in Complex Systems
Most organisations treat security behaviour as a plumbing problem. There is a pipe. Training goes in one end; ...
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Ripples 14 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 38: Trust Falls
Scammers have worked out that the easiest way past our defences is to dress up as the defences themselves. Thi...
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Signals 14 Sep 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 38 - Trust Falls
Attackers have started dressing up as security itself. This week: Microsoft traces fake IT calls pushing bogus...
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Ripples 7 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 37: Who's Asking?
This week is all about impostors: fake IT support asking for access to your computer, scam texts about tolls a...
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Insight 7 Sep 2026 8 min
Seven months on from Moltbook
In February we wrote that AI agents had built their own social network and that your threat model wasn't ready...
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