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No matter how strong an organization's cybersecurity, our own bad behavior could make us the "unintentional insiders" for the next big hack.
Cybersecurity is only as strong as the people behind the computer. And we often don't understand the risks when we click a link.
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Associate Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Management, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Auditing at the School of Accountancy, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Cyber Security, University of Portsmouth
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow in Digital Innovation and Wellbeing, University of Bristol
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Teaching Scholar, Deakin University
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Lecturer of Criminology, Victimology, Deviance and Social Problems, University of Ibadan
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Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
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Advocate, Lecturer, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology
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Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
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Post-doctoral Associate in Computer Science, Dartmouth College
