Above I have made some memes that relate to human centered cybersecurity.
The first meme is that of a smiling man in a coffee shop that is both enjoying an iced coffee and testing his laptop’s security. Coffee shop wireless networks are often used as case studies in human centered cybersecurity. Coffee shop wireless networks present high risks, but people connect to them anyway because of factors that appeal to the human social sensibilities: community and perceived safety. This coupled with the general public’s lack of knowledge in protecting their systems when joining open networks, leave them vulnerable to attack and exploitation stemming from cybersecurity vulnerabilities introduced by the user. Human centered cybersecurity seeks to address this by championing cybersecurity training to prevent threats at the user level.
The two following memes underlines the need for human centered cybersecurity.
The second meme is that of a company meeting discussing new changes to increase their security. The presenter talks about the new physical security gate and computer system, reminding his employees not to forget the group password to get into both. The third meme shows a dog posing to be a cat in order to gain access to a cat only website.
Like the first meme, both these memes also highlight the need to address human factors in cybersecurity especially in training. As we learned in this weeks modules, cybersecurity professionals are undertrained on human factors to cybersecurity. This lack of training also extends to non cybersecurity roles in organizations. Because of this lack of training, cybersecurity incidents caused by human errors such as phishing (take the dog pretending to be a cat for example) or practices dangerous to security (like the presenter advocating the use of weak, shared passwords) occur.
In closing, Cyber security training is vital in addressing human factors in cybersecurity.