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Strengthening the Weakest Link: The Importance of a Human-Centered Cybersecurity Model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The human-centered cybersecurity model prioritizes human behaviors and interactions with technology to complement technical solutions like firewalls and encryption. Noble (2018) research shows that human cyber errors are responsible for 80-90% of security breaches in the U.S. and the U.K. (p. 74)<\/a>. These mistakes can be intentional or unintentional; humans are most often the weakest link in cybersecurity. Organizations can mitigate these human errors by incorporating psychology-based cybersecurity professionals into their cyber teams. This interdisciplinary lens will help highlight costly human-enabled errors like phishing prevention, password management, and security fatigue. Including psychology-focused cybersecurity teams will also ensure human factor assessments are conducted and cyber training is current and relative. A human-centered cybersecurity model will enhance an organization’s cyber posture by hardening the weakest link: humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are three memes that demonstrate the importance of human-centered cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human-centered Cybersecurity Memes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Thinks cybersecurity training is boring….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats! You won $1M! Click here to claim your prize!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In this meme, we have an employee who completely zones out during human-centered cybersecurity training. She thinks she just won a million dollars from an email received on the company phone. Excited, she will undoubtedly click on the link installing malware that will make its way throughout the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knowing you need to create a strong password…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adding a “!” at the end of the same password you have used for years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This meme demonstrates how many employees view password management. This employee is unaware of the importance of changing passwords. They also do not understand the characteristics of a “strong” password. This individual keeps a password they have used for years because it is easier than creating a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Company spends millions on cybersecurity….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still gets hacked because Todd let his new friend borrow his company laptop.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here is a meme displaying how a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity program can be hacked because of human error. Todd is unaware that his new friend is a cybercriminal who has targeted him to hack into his company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strengthening the Weakest Link: The Importance of a Human-Centered Cybersecurity Model The human-centered cybersecurity model prioritizes human behaviors and interactions with technology to complement technical solutions like firewalls and encryption. Noble (2018) research shows that human cyber errors are responsible for 80-90% of security breaches in the U.S. and the U.K. (p. 74). These mistakes… <\/p>\n

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