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SANS European Security Awareness Summit
Last week our Managing Director, Bruce Hallas, was invited by the SANS Institute to join them at the 4th SANS European Awareness Summit in London. He did a book signing of his new book, Re-thinking the Human Factor and did a breakfast briefing where he shared...
5 questions asked by Security Education and Awareness Managers
Over the last two years, we’ve been delivering a lot of presentations, workshops and webinars on awareness, behaviour and culture in information security. There are some questions that security education and awareness managers ask time and time...
Rethinking the Human Factor Book Launch
This has been a particularly exciting week for all of us here as Bruce’s book Rethinking the human factor has hit the shelves! Hard copies arrived at our offices yesterday (to much fanfare) and paperbacks and the Kindle version are available on Amazon....
Security Awareness Training (Part 3)
This is my third and final blog in the series about Re-Thinking the Human Factor, the security awareness training I attended as part of my Marmalade Box induction. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 by following the links. Just to recap, we’ve looked at the...
Security Awareness Workshop (Part 2)
In the last blog, I wrote about my experience attending Re-Thinking the Human Factor security awareness workshop and talked about the basics of information security and the importance of education and awareness. This blog looks at the human element; what...
Re-Thinking the Human Factor Workshop (Part 1)
I’ve recently started working with Marmalade Box and as part of my induction, I went down to London last week to attend their Re-Thinking the Human Factor workshop presented by MD & Founder, Bruce Hallas… and, boy, did I learn a lot! I came...
Writing a Comms Brief? Read This Before You Start!
As an information security professional, you may not be used to writing a comms brief. But whether you’re working with an agency or your own project team, it’s important to understand how to write a comms brief (also known as a communications...
#Infosec18: Users are ‘Predictably Irrational’ & Influenced by Cognitive Biases – InfoSecurity Magazine
Following Bruce Hallas' keynote session at InfoSecurity Europe, InfoSecurity Magazine's Michael Hall covered the main points in his presentation in this article. As Bruce is quoted as saying “The bad news is that people are people and they aren’t that logical at the...
Security Culture and Security Behaviour
In this blog post which originally appeared in Infosecurity Magazine in the lead up to InfoSecurity Europe, our founder, Bruce Hallas, explains the intricate relationship between security behaviour and security culture, and discusses how we must get past the notion of...
Q&A with Bruce Hallas – Infosecurity Europe Keynote Speaker
Ahead of Bruce Hallas' keynote in London for Infosecurity 2018, they published a Q&A with Bruce Hallas where he provides thought, insight and advice into some key security topics trending at the moment. He also reveals the key takeaways that people should expect...
Forget About Security Awareness. Behavioural Change is the Goal – InfoSecurity
Just published on the InfoSecurity Europe blog, Bruce Hallas discusses why traditional approaches to security training are failing, and what we can learn as an industry from other disciplines to address this. Join him on the keynote stage at Infosecurity Europe,...
Our brand is evolving
The last few years have seen a shift in the way we approach and deliver our work. Over the last 7 years, we’ve been developing our new approach to information security based on a serious undertaking of research. This research draws from behavioural science,...