Cybersecurity Reporting Doesn't Have to be Tedious and Boring
Claudiu Popa
Certified Cybersecurity Expert & Privacy Advocate | Public Speaker & Media Analyst | Author, Educator & Podcaster | Opinions are my own, but happily shared.
Reporting Data Breaches and Covering Security Incidents Has One Prime Objective: Helping People Learn from Past Events to Prevent Future Ones.
As part of a rapid fire succession of media interviews earlier this week, I had the opportunity to read a 12-page report prepared for the board of directors of the Toronto Public Library following the security breach that devastated IT operations, affected more than 100 branches and compromised the personal information of employees going back to the previous millennium.
In this week's MCB?, I dissect the dangerous myth that cybersecurity is inherently 'boring.' The report subtly suggests that banal, societal shifts might be at fault, deflecting from more direct accountability for a lackadaisical approach to security.
It was an enlightening experience that validated three key points for me:
Most of all, this week's Media Cybersecurity Briefing? deals with the insights that often lurk behind the implied tedium of yet another boring report.
Continue reading the rest of the briefing here and let me know what you think! https://www.securityexperts.ca/dispelling-the-myth-of-boring-cyber/
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Interesting article! At Fairpatterns, we've researching #darkpatterns since 2021, and we created the first solution-oriented taxonomy where each dark pattern has a counter measure: a #fairpattern, ie an interface that helps users being empowered and aware of what they're actually interacting with, reducing risks of being manipulated or tricked.? We're also very happy to have Harry Brignull on board as our Senior Advisor on harmful choice architecture. With Harry, we just developed a user testing lab specifically dedicated to dark patterns, where we measure very precisely the degree of risk, manipulation, deception, coercion etc. This enables us to create a Manipulative Design Index. We presented our work at IAPP #DPIUK last week in London, in a panel with the ICO (Information Commissioner Office) and the CMA (Competition & Markets Authority), chaired by Bird & Bird ??