People Are the Top Attack Vector (Not the Weakest Link)

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In increasingly complex technical defenses, threat actors frequently target the human element. This makes them a top attack vectors, but are they actually the weak leak in your defenses?

Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap), CISO, LinkedIn. Joining us is our guest, Christina Shannon, CIO, KIK Consumer Products.

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In this episode:

• Threat actors frequently target the human element, but are they actually the weak leak in your defenses?
• Have we been treating humans wrong in our environment?
• Is the blame on security professionals for failing to design security systems to set humans up for success?
• Is it disingenuous to presume that cybersecurity would be perfect if not for users?