Human-Centered Security

Dr. Margaret Cunningham is an experimental psychologist and the Principal Research Scientist for Human Behavior at Forcepoint’s X-Lab.  In this role, she serves as the behavioral science subject matter expert in an interdisciplinary security team driving the development of human-centric security solutions . Previously, she supported the Human Systems Integration branch of The Department of Homelan...

Brian Murphy, a security specialist at GreyCastle Security, is a technology, information security, and risk management professional. He assists with the development and implementation of cybersecurity solutions for a variety of industries. Brian has knowledge of PCI, SOX, GLBA compliance requirements, as well as ISO and NIST standards and regulations. On this episode we talk about: How we are cons...

Dr. Nobles is a cybersecurity scientist and human factors practitioner with more than 25 years of experience. He retired from the U.S. Navy and currently works in the financial services industry. Dr. Nobles recently completed a Cybersecurity Policy Fellowship with the New America Think Tank in Washington, D.C. In this episode we talk about: What human factors is and what a human factors engineer d...

Alex is the EY Americas Cybersecurity Lead for Secure Culture Activation. With a background in sports broadcasting and operational security, she is experienced in security communications and education, awareness program development, the psychology of social engineering, and behavior analytics. In her free time, she is a mother of three and she volunteers with law enforcement agencies and neighborh...

Yan Grinshtein is an HCI and accessibility certified human-centered design leader, speaker, and mentor. Currently the head of design at HYPR , Yan has over 20 years of experience as a creative and design leader. He has worked on three different continents across four countries with companies ranging from Fortune 500 to startups, some of which have become multi-billion dollar companies today. You c...

Christian Rohrer is Senior Director, User Experience at McAfee, returning to the company after a 5-year hiatus during which he was Founder and Principal at XD Strategy, a UX strategy consultancy, and former Vice President of Design, Research and Enterprise Services at Capital One. He has also led UX teams at Realtor.com, eBay, and Yahoo!. Christian holds a Bachelors in Computer Science from UC San...

In this episode we talk about: What Kaliya describes as a new “layer” to the Internet to support decentralized identity, much like how html or email supported what came next. The importance of open standards. How to build a “digital wallet” paradigm that makes sense to people. What SSI means for businesses/business models. Kaliya is the co-author of “Comprehensive Guide to Self-Sovereign Identity,...

Jim Nelson, Senior Security Consultant for Innovative Solutions , has been working with organizations to help raise their security posture based on their risk for the last 17 years. In this episode, we talk about: How to reframe the security conversation so business owners understand that an investment in security is taking a proactive stance. Ultimately, you have to empathize with business owners...

Gabriel has been studying human behavior for a long time. His first company, ObserveIT, an insider threat management platform recently acquired by Proofpoint, dealt with monitoring and reporting on out-of-policy employee behavior. Today, as the founder of Wizer , a security awareness training platform, Gabriel is focused on ensuring, as he put it, “security awareness is a basic human skill.” In fa...