The Praxis Practice Blog

Insights on security culture, human factors in cybersecurity, and building resilient organizations.

Focus on interesting statistical methods: Value of Information
· Jacopo Paglia

Focus on interesting statistical methods: Value of Information

This statistical method can assist decision making, helping you to decide what type of information is going to be most valuable and useful to gather.

Why empathy and emotion are key to modern cyber security
· Thea Mannix

Why empathy and emotion are key to modern cyber security

In this post, I explain the ways that human emotion drive behavior and why an understanding of this is key to creating a more holistic and secure defense.

You get what you reward: Productivity vs. Cybersecurity
· Thea Mannix

You get what you reward: Productivity vs. Cybersecurity

Security and productivity don't need to compete. Here are our top 3 tips on how to improve security without compromising productivity in your organization.

Collect Data Wisely
· Jacopo Paglia

Collect Data Wisely

Collecting data is crucial for any type of business. To ensure the data is collected, collated, analysed and interpreted appropriately requires expertise.

Cyber-security or cyber-biased security?
· Aimee Laycock

Cyber-security or cyber-biased security?

In the security industry, we see many kinds of biases influence our decisions.

Conquer expert bias in cybersecurity with next level focus
· Kai Roer

Conquer expert bias in cybersecurity with next level focus

Expert bias in cybersecurity may be preventing us find the best or most holistic solutions for problems relating to human factors.

Business strategy or cybersecurity? Do you have to choose?
· Aimee Laycock

Business strategy or cybersecurity? Do you have to choose?

Misunderstanding of the role of security and risk management and their connection to business management has led to a heavy bias towards technical controls.

Value of human knowledge in artificial intelligence & machine learning
· Jacopo Paglia

Value of human knowledge in artificial intelligence & machine learning

It is important to understand that the fast and accurate solutions provided by AI and ML come from centuries of human knowledge.

Can cybersecurity be an efficiency tool instead of a sunk cost?
· Kai Roer

Can cybersecurity be an efficiency tool instead of a sunk cost?

Can cybersecurity be a capital investment instead of an operational expense? Increase profit margins, raise efficiency AND improve security.

Introducing Praxis (Welcome to our first blog post!)
· Kai Roer

Introducing Praxis (Welcome to our first blog post!)

Praxis security labs is a multidisciplinary team that offers expert advice, roadmaps & interventions for human factor security issues.