Human Factor Security

Colin Williams is the Business Development Director at SBL.

As both a businessman and as an academic, Professor Williams is a leading figure in the international cyber security community with twenty years of experience in enterprise IT, Information Assurance and cyber security. As a director of SBL, he develops and leads the business development strategy of a wholly UK owned and controlled market leading provider of vendor-independent cyber security solutions to central government, blue light services and the wider public sector.

Professor Williams was a member of the founding cohort of CLAS consultants. He has been involved in initiating and delivering some of the largest software volume licence public sector procurement projects in the world.

As an academic, he is developing a body of work around the human, intellectual,
cultural, societal and historical context of computing which he is delivering across a series of lectures, seminars and papers. He is an honorary fellow at the University of Warwick and a visiting professor at De Montfort University.

Professor Williams consults and speaks on cyber, cyber security and strategic enterprise IT procurement in the UK and internationally. He is editor in chief of “CyberTalk” and new journal for the promotion and development of fresh and interdisciplinary thinking about cyber and the human relationships with computers.

Listen to us discuss this work and explore intellectual, and philosophical side of the computer and machine discussion and how it pertains to cyber security as well as the wider world. 

Dark Star (DVD)

Blade Runner (DVD)

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Javvad Malik is a Security Advocate at AlienVault, a blogger event speaker and industry commentator who is possibly best known as one of the industry’s most prolific video bloggers with his signature fresh and light-hearted perspective on security that speaks to both technical and non-technical audiences alike.

Prior to joining AlienVault, Javvad was a Senior Analyst at 451’s Enterprise Security Practice (ESP), providing in-depth, timely perspective on the state of enterprise security and emerging trends in addition to competitive research, new product and go-to-market positioning, investment due diligence and M&A strategy to technology vendors, private equity firms, venture capitalists and end users.

Prior to joining 451 Research, he was an independent security consultant, with a career spanning 12+ years working for some of the largest companies across the financial and energy sectors.

As well as being an author and co-author of several books, Javvad was a founder of the Security B-Sides London conference, as well as being the co-founder of Host Unknown with Thom Langford and Andrew Agnés.

One plus One equals Three (Dave Trott)

So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Jon Ronson)

Thank You for Smoking (DVD)

Javvad on Twitter - @J4vv4D

Javvad's Website - J4vv4d.com

Don't forget, to get in touch with me either try the contact page of the site or follow me on Twitter, where I can be found at @Jenny_Radcliffe

 

 

Duncan Drummond is an Emotional Intelligence Practitioner who is also one of only a handful of UK qualified trainers in 'Evaluating Truthfulness and Assessing Credibility' for Professionals and Emotional Skills and Competencies.

In this discussion listen to us discuss change management within organisations and how that pertains to trying to improve a security culture with a company.

Turn the Ship Around - David Marquet Youtube as a cartoon summary - Inn-oversity presents..."Greatness" by David Marque

Start with Why (Simon Sinek)

Zero Degrees of Empathy (Simon Baron-Cohen)

A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics (David Levitin)

To contact Duncan - email contact

Duncan on Twitter - @duncankdrummond

 

 

 

Shan Lee is the Information Security Officer at TransferWise where he is passionate about promoting a “Security Culture” in what is a fast-moving and rapidly expanding, multinational environment.

He has previously worked for a variety of organisations ranging from e-commerce to resellers to traditional financial institutions and in his spare time is an insufferable Land Rover fanatic.

Wargames (DVD)

Mr. Robot (DVD)

Mr. Robot (Amazon Prime Video)

Daemon (Daniel Suarez)

Offensive Countermeasures (John Strand and Paul Asadoorian)

Shan Lee on Twitter - @secwaza 

Don't forget, to get in touch with me either try the contact page of the site or follow me on Twitter, where I can be found at @Jenny_Radcliffe

 

Peter’s career spans 47 years, with experience in network security, social engineering, threat and risk analysis, red teaming, industrial control systems and electronics. He founded First Base Technologies, one of the UK’s first information security consultancies in 1989. Peter has provided security advice and guidance for businesses of all sizes for more than 26 years, leading a team of expert penetration testers and consultants

He founded First Base Technologies, one of the UK’s first information security consultancies in 1989. Peter has provided security advice and guidance for businesses of all sizes for more than 26 years, leading a team of expert penetration testers and consultants unrivaled in the industry.

He is also a world-renowned security evangelist, speaking at major conferences and delivering seminars and webinars. He has appeared in documentaries for BBC television, provided commentary on security issues for TV and radio, and written many articles on a variety of security topics.

Peter chairs the not-for-profit White Hats Group and leads regular technical and management seminars. He is a BCS Fellow, a Chartered IT Professional, CISSP and a member of IISP, ISACA, ISSA, IEEE, ACM and Mensa.

Peter's company website - First Base Technologies

White Hats Group - White Hats Group

Joe Gray joined the U.S. Navy directly out of High School and served for 7 years as a Submarine Navigation Electronics Technician. Joe is an Enterprise Security Consultant at Sword and Shield Enterprise Security in Knoxville, TN. Joe also maintains his own blog and podcast called Advanced Persistent Security. He is also in the SANS Instructor Development pipeline, teaching SANS Security 504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling. In his spare time, Joe enjoys reading news relevant to information security, attending information security conferences, contributing blogs to various outlets, bass fishing, and flying his drone.

Software Security: Building Security In (Gary R. McGraw)

Data and Goliath (Bruce Schneier)

Star Wars (DVD)

Mr Robot Season 1 (Amazon Prime TV)

Mr Robot Season 1 (DVD)

Joe on Twitter - @C_3PJoe

Joe's website - Advanced Persistent Security

Joe's website on Twitter - @advpersistentsec

Advanced Persistent Security podcast - Advanced Persistent Security 

Andrew Agnes is an experienced security consultant with 10+ years owning high-transactional e-Commerce and Fraud prevention environments.

 

An advocate of Cyber Essentials,  he has a technology background and extensive IT governance skills, experienced in Information Security Management, Business Continuity, Audit and Risk Management, Incident Response and Management of Corporate Infrastructure.

 

He tweets the @AGRC Ltd newsfeed which covers news and comment about InfoSec, IT Security, Data Protection & Privacy stories from the UK & beyond.  

 

Invisible Gorilla (Christopher Chabris)

Sneakers (DVD)

Empire Records (DVD)

Andrew on Twitter - @sirjester

Andrew as @sirjester is the sole founder of HostUnknown.tv which produces videos, blogs and films on security topics.  

 (Hostunknown.tv is much loved and very funny and highly recommended by all of us here at The Deception Chronicles!)

In this episode, I get to interrogate the interrogator, as I talk about how to get the truth out of people with Private Investigator Jeremy Kesby.   With a career spanning over 13 years in surveillance, deception detection, and advanced interview techniques THIS is the interview that you need to hear if you are interested in how people lie, how they try to cover lies up and how to bust them!   Detecting Lies and Deceit (Aldert Vrij)   Spy the Lie (Phillip Houston)   Jeremy on LinkedIn - Jeremy Kesby   Jeremy's website - Kesby Investigations Group  

Craig Clark is the Information Security & Compliance Manager at University of East London. Not only that but Craig is an Independent EU-GDPR Certified Consultant.

An ISO17024 accredited expert on the current Data Protection Act and the upcoming European General Data Protection Regulations, Craig has significant expertise in embedding data protection and security frameworks such as BS10012:2016 and ISO27001 in order to meet stringent data privacy obligations.

Craig's Hacking the Helpdesk Slides

Facebook privacy check - Takethislollipop

Craig on Twitter - @cogitateclark

Craig on LinkedIn - Craig Clark

Mark is an expert in interpersonal communication including non-verbal and verbal clues to Credibility and Deception. He has a natural ability to spot cues to lies and indicate appropriate questioning techniques to get to the truth backed up by scientific and established practices. This is through the analysis of Facial Expressions, Body-Language and the spoken word. He is a qualified FACS coder, which further increases his ability to spot the subtle changes in the human face relating to emotion including subtle and micro-expressions.

Mark is also a Director at Ipsos Custodiet, a company that supports business and individuals in communication, emotional intelligence, emotional awareness, and deception. 

Hannibal (DVD)

We Need to Talk About Kevin (DVD)

Mark on Twitter - @Ipsos_Custodiet

Mark on LinkedIn - Mark Ellis