Cartoon eyes, and other cybersecurity awareness training techniques

Phishy Business

This week we speak to Mike Gruen, CISO and CTO and Dr. Daniel Glaser, a neuroscientist, about how humour can help in learning. We talk about how to build effective cybersecurity awareness programmes, how to positively harness our innate fear of being judged, and that cyber resilience is everybody’s responsibility.

In ‘Cartoon eyes, and other cybersecurity awareness training techniques’ we discuss:

• Why creativity is important in STEM subjects
• Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility
• Eye movements are very telling in terms of learning and can show your level of expertise
• How humour helps learning because it is context dependent, so you remember the context the information was in
• Insider threat – moral decisions are not made in a vacuum but in social context and values
• The surprise effect of cartoon eyes on decision making as most people fear being judged
• Reward change behaviour more effectively that punishment, in parenting and in cybersecurity awareness training

About Phishy Business

Fed up with the same old cybersecurity stories? Come with us on a journey that explores the lesser-known side. Whether it’s social engineering, taking criminals to court or the journalists hunting down hackers — our new podcast series, Phishy Business, looks for new ways to think about cybersecurity. Mimecast’s very own Brian Pinnock and Alice Jeffery are joined by guests from a range of unique security specialisms. Each episode explores tales of risk, reward and just a dash of ridiculousness to learn how we can all improve in the fight to stay safe. For more tales of risk, reward and ridiculousness, subscribe to Phishy Business on iTunes, Spotify, Anchor or wherever you get your podcasts.

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