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EPISODE · Jul 1, 2025 · 27 MIN

The Human in_security - deception, weapons, crime & culture

from Cybercrimeology · host Michael

About our guest:Dr. Iain ReidSenior Lecturer in CybercrimeUniversity of Portsmouthhttps://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/iain-reid Topics discussed in this episode:How principles of military deception map onto cybersecurityWhy the phrase “the human is the weakest link” oversimplifies riskWhat it’s like to research developer perspectives on secure softwareThe psychology of decision-making in phishing attacksHow time pressure influences risky digital behaviourThe limits of “security culture” as an organizational solutionHow cyber deception fits within defence-in-depth Papers or resources mentioned:Reid, I., Okeke-Ramos, A., & Serafin, M. (2024). Exploring the ethics of cyber deception technologies for defensive cyber deception. In P. Bednar, J. Kävrestad, E. Bergström, M. Rajanen, H. V. Hult, A. M. Braccini, A. S. Islind, & F. Zaghloul (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspectives in Information Systems (STPIS 2024) (pp. 140-148). (CEUR Workshop Proceedings). https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3857Whaley, B. (2007). Stratagem: deception and surprise in war. Artech.Rowe, N.C., Rrushi, J. (2016). Measuring Deception. In: Introduction to Cyberdeception. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41187-3_11Ashenden, D., Ollis, G., & Reid, I. (2022, October). Dancing, not Wrestling: Moving from Compliance to Concordance for Secure Software Development. In Proceedings of the 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (pp. 1-9).Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspacehttps://pariscall.international OtherI would like to thank Dudley the French Bulldog for the invaluable (unavoidable) contribution to this episode.

In this episode we have a wide ranging discussion on the human in cybersecurity with Dr. Iain Reid from the University of Portsmouth. We get into the application of psychology to cybersecurity including deception, risk perception, and responsibility We talk about who carries the burden of defence, how software developers think about security, and what deception looks like in both cybercrime and cyberwarfare.

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About our guest:Dr. Iain ReidSenior Lecturer in CybercrimeUniversity of Portsmouthhttps://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/iain-reid Topics discussed in this episode:How principles of military deception map onto...

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