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How To Win Friends and Influence People To Be More Cybersecure
Cybersecurity leaders must shift from a punitive, blame-focused approach to one rooted in empathy and understanding user constraints, as this significantly improves security compliance and incident prevention. The article demonstrates that treating security as a collaborative challenge rather than enforcement—by understanding why users struggle with security measures and removing unnecessary friction—transforms security culture and reduces organizational risk. This human-centered approach is not just more effective for security outcomes; it positions IT leadership as a business enabler rather than a barrier, directly supporting CEO objectives around human capital.
[by George Finney] At the beginning of George Johnson’s career as a safety inspector, he would tellpeople about the roles and regulations requiring them to wear hard hats. Theywould put their hard hats on when they saw him, and then promptly take themoff after he left.Later on in his career, he would go to the worksites and ask […] The post How To Win Friends and Influence People To Be More Cybersecure appeared first on Well Aware Security.