Security Awareness
Seeing Is Not Believing: How to Spot AI-Generated Video
Tom Eston | | AI, AI Generated Video, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, deepfake, Detection Techniques, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Forensic Watermarks, Information Security, Infosec, metadata analysis, Misinformation, online safety, Organizational Risk, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, Security Awareness, social engineering, Synthetic Media, technology, Trust Verification, Video Manipulation, Weekly Edition
In this episode we discuss the rising challenge of AI-generated videos, including deepfakes and synthetic clips that can deceive even a skeptical viewer. Once the gold standard of proof, video content is ...
From Deception to Defense: Understanding and Combating Phishing
Timothy Robert Hawes | | AI in Cybersecurity, ai threats, anti-phishing technology, behavioral cybersecurity, Cognitive Security, cyber resilience, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, deepfakes, Digital Transformation, EEG research, empirical studies, global cybersecurity, Information Security, IT governance, IT policy, Mobile Security, Phishing, phishing detection, phishing research, Security Awareness, security strategy, smishing, Threat Mitigation, user training
Phishing remains one of the most persistent and dangerous cybersecurity threats, now amplified by AI and deepfake technologies. Despite decades of mitigation efforts, attackers continue to exploit human behavior through deception and ...
Security Boulevard
Are Phishing Simulations Still Worth It?
Tom Eston | | auditing, Click Rate, ClickArmor, cyber insurance, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, email security, Episodes, Foundational Training, Information Security, Infosec, phishing simulations, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Reporting Rate, risk management, Role-based training, security, Security Awareness, Security Culture, social engineering, technology, Training Programs, User Behavior, Weekly Edition
Phishing simulations have been a cornerstone of security awareness training for years. But do they actually change user behavior, or are they just creating frustration and fatigue? In this episode, Tom Eston ...
Milestone Episode 400: Reflecting on 16 Years of Shared Security
Tom Eston | | AI, Co-hosts, Community Support, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data breaches, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Information Security, Infosec, Listener Engagement, Memorable Episodes, Podcast, Podcast Evolution, Podcast History, Podcast Milestone, Podcasts, Privacy, risk assessment, security, Security Awareness, Security Education, Social Media Security, Technical Vulnerabilities, technology, Weekly Edition
Episode 400! In this special milestone edition of the Shared Security Podcast, we look back at 16 years of conversations on security, privacy, and technology. From our very first episodes in 2009 ...
Strategies for Enhancing Your Organization’s Cyber Resilience
Organizations must improve their cyber resilience – not just for the sake of business operations, but to maintain customer confidence.  ...
Security Boulevard
Why Take9 Won’t Improve Cybersecurity
Bruce Schneier | | Computer security, Phishing, psychology of security, Security Awareness, Uncategorized
There’s a new cybersecurity awareness campaign: Take9. The idea is that people—you, me, everyone—should just pause for nine seconds and think more about the link they are planning to click on, the ...
Advancing Security Training With Human Risk Management
Erich Kron | | behavioral risk, Cybersecurity Training, Data Driven Security, Human Risk Management, Security Awareness
Cybersecurity education is evolving from simple knowledge transfer to measurable risk reduction as the human risk factor is recognized ...
Security Boulevard
Why So Many Employee Phishing Training Initiatives Fall Short
During the work-from-home boom of 2020, GitLab, a company that largely employs tech-savvy individuals, decided to test its security by sending fake phishing messages to its WFH workers. About one out of ...
How to address AI in your cyber security program
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way we design our cyber security programs, creating both new opportunities and challenges for security managers. As AI-driven threats ...
What makes cyber security training boring and how to improve it
Ryan Healey-Ogden | | Blog, Case Studies, CISO Suite, Creating Active Awareness, CSAF Transcript, Employee Awareness, gamification, Home, MSP, Podcast, Products, Security Awareness, tips
Cybersecurity training is essential, but let’s face it—it often ends up being dull and forgettable. In our latest panel discussion, security experts tackled this challenge head-on, ...

