Cybereason enhances its channel program to reward the cybersecurity industry’s trusted advisors
LONDON, UK : Cybereason has launched ‘The Cybereason Defenders League’ a Global Partner community, designed to reward the cybersecurity industry’s most trusted advisors and solution providers by increasing their margins and profitability. Members of this program will gain access to award-winning technology and services to help end users stop cyber attacks.
We often hear that cybersecurity is all about people, process, and technology. Focussing on the people aspect, one could make the argument that behaviour plays a big role. So, as security professionals, it’s worth spending a bit of time trying to understand human behaviour better.
Luckily human behaviour has been researched quite thoroughly over the years. Here are a few “classic” experiments we can learn a thing or two from.
The Little Albert Experiment, 1920
In this experiment a nine month old child was given a white furry objects to play with. At first the child displayed affection and joy. Over time, as the child played with the objects, the Drs would make loud noises to frighten the child. After numerous trials the child was conditioned to be afraid of furry white objects.
The study explained why people have irrational fears and how they may have developed in early life.
Human error is the top cause of serious breaches but malicious attacks are IT leaders’ biggest concern.
London, UK: Egress’ Insider Data Breach Survey 2021 has revealed that an overwhelming 94% of organisations have experienced insider data breaches in the last year. Human error was the top cause of serious incidents, according to 84% of IT leaders surveyed. However, IT leaders are more concerned about malicious insiders, with 28% indicating that intentionally malicious behaviour is their biggest fear. Despite causing the most incidents, human error came bottom of the list, with just over one-fifth (21%) saying that it’s their biggest concern.
Following the attacks of September 11th, Congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), creating the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). The TSA replaced private security screening companies with one government agency. Since then, air travelers have bowed to pat downs, bans on water bottles and other inconvenient, intrusive procedures as the “new normal” at our nation’s airports. But does any of this make us safer?The short answer is no, it doesn’t. What’s more, laid out below is the quantifiable evidence that the TSA is a massive boondoggle that has done little to keep Americans safe while they travel. Indeed, it might make us less safe by providing a false sense of security, as American politicians shy away from ever questioning the efficacy of the TSA (or other elements deemed necessary for “homeland security”).
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