-
We Have Liftoff: Your Pre-Flight Checklist for Red Teams
Trevin EdgeworthDone
-
Why Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) are Both Misunderstood and a Must-Have for CISOs
Matt StamperDone
-
You're Not the Boss of Them: Securing Customer Identity When You Don't Own the Product
Eve MalerDone
-
Cybersecurity Strategy is a Math Problem: How OSINT Holds the Answers Every CISO Seeks
Kevin JacksonDone
-
Registration + Networking Opportunity
Done
-
From IOC to ROI: Turning CTI Into Boardroom Intelligence
Byron CollieDone
-
The $400K Tool That Solved Nothing: Tool Consolidation
Adrian SalasDone
-
Winds of Change: How Cyber Risk Quantification Is Broken
Teresa SuarezDone
-
Lunch
Done
-
Lightning Talks (Backslash, Safetica, IANS, & Unosecur)Done
Hack the Human Layer: Using Behavioral Psychology to Build Stronger Cybersecurity
Location: Wise Guys Comedy Club
-
8/3/26, 1:50 PM
-
8/3/26, 2:15 PM
(America/Los_Angeles)
(25 minutes)
Dustin Sachs
Dustin Sachs
Cybersecurity failures are rarely just technical failures. More often, they are behavior failures driven by cognitive overload, decision friction, misplaced incentives, and broken workflows. This session shows how behavioral psychology can help security leaders move beyond awareness campaigns and start shaping secure behavior at the point of decision. In 20 minutes, attendees will learn how people actually make security choices under pressure, why even smart employees take risky shortcuts, and how to design environments that make the secure path the easy path. The talk will translate behavioral science into practical cybersecurity strategy, covering decision architecture, nudges, habit formation, and risk-reducing interventions that improve compliance, resilience, and execution. Attendees will leave with a sharper framework for reducing human risk by redesigning systems around how people really think and act.