Allan is joined by George Finney, CSO at Southern Methodist University and author of the book Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future. 
 
George’s mission is clear: unite the cybersecurity community through proven strategy, and help preserve and leverage the humanity within cybersecurity. 
 
He believes that the community as a whole under-plays the human role, and he and Allan discuss potential changes to the way we view security awareness training and the role of users in general. 
 
Key Takeaways: 
 
00:18 Intro/Bio 
01:25 George’s story 
04:27 Humans are not the weakest link in cybersecurity 
07:17 How habits affect security awareness 
08:30 The 9 habits and forming your cybersecurity personality 
14:05 How secret keepers build a community 
17:30 Potential improvements to security awareness training 
22:22 The origin of the nine habits 
26:50 What surprises George about cybersecurity still? 
 
Links: 
 
Learn more about George on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgefinney/'>LinkedIn</a> and on <a href='https://twitter.com/WellAwareSecure'>Twitter</a> and <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Well-Aware-Master-Cybersecurity-Protect/dp/1626347352'>buy his book!</a>
Follow <a href='https://allanalford.com/'>Allan Alford</a> on <a href='https://linkedin.com/in/allanalford'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/AllanAlfordinTX'>Twitter</a>
Learn more about <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Hacker Valley Studio</a> and <a href='https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch'>The Cyber Ranch Podcast</a>
Sponsored by our good friends at <a href='https://www.uptycs.com/'>Uptycs</a>

Allan is joined by George Finney, CSO at Southern Methodist University and author of the book Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future. 

George’s mission is clear: unite the cybersecurity community through proven strategy, and help preserve and leverage the humanity within cybersecurity. 

He believes that the community as a whole under-plays the human role, and he and Allan discuss potential changes to the way we view security awareness training and the role of users in general. 

Key Takeaways: 

00:18 Intro/Bio 
01:25 George’s story 
04:27 Humans are not the weakest link in cybersecurity 
07:17 How habits affect security awareness 
08:30 The 9 habits and forming your cybersecurity personality 
14:05 How secret keepers build a community 
17:30 Potential improvements to security awareness training 
22:22 The origin of the nine habits 
26:50 What surprises George about cybersecurity still? 

Links: 

Learn more about George on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgefinney/'>LinkedIn</a> and on <a href='https://twitter.com/WellAwareSecure'>Twitter</a> and <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Well-Aware-Master-Cybersecurity-Protect/dp/1626347352'>buy his book!</a>
Follow <a href='https://allanalford.com/'>Allan Alford</a> on <a href='https://linkedin.com/in/allanalford'>LinkedIn</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/AllanAlfordinTX'>Twitter</a>
Learn more about <a href='https://hackervalley.com/'>Hacker Valley Studio</a> and <a href='https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch'>The Cyber Ranch Podcast</a>
Sponsored by our good friends at <a href='https://www.uptycs.com/'>Uptycs</a>

Allan is joined by George Finney, CSO at Southern Methodist University and author of the book Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future. 
George’s mission is clear: unite the cybersecurity community through proven strate...

Allan is joined by George Finney, CSO at Southern Methodist University and author of the book Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future. 
George’s mission is clear: unite the cybersecurity community through proven strategy, and help preserve and leverage the humanity within cybersecurity. 
He believes that the community as a whole under-plays the human role, and he and Allan discuss potential changes to the way we view security awareness training and the role of users in general. 
Key Takeaways: 
00:18 Intro/Bio 
01:25 George’s story 
04:27 Humans are not the weakest link in cybersecurity 
07:17 How habits affect security awareness 
08:30 The 9 habits and forming your cybersecurity personality 
14:05 How secret keepers build a community 
17:30 Potential improvements to security awareness training 
22:22 The origin of the nine habits 
26:50 What surprises George about cybersecurity still? 
Links: 
Learn more about George on LinkedIn and on Twitter and buy his book!
Follow Allan Alford on LinkedIn and Twitter
Learn more about Hacker Valley Studio and The Cyber Ranch Podcast
Sponsored by our good friends at Uptycs

Humans Are Not the Weakest Link in Cybersecurity w/ George Finney

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Ride the cyber trails with one CISO (Allan Alford) and a diverse group of friends and experts who bring a human perspective to cybersecurity.