Cognitive Security: Exploring the Human Layer w/ Dr. Matthew Canham | CSI Talks #1

This focus topic was presented by Dr. Matthew Canham during the CSI meeting held on the 10/05/2022. The CSI meetings are digital monthly meetings arranged by the Cognitive Security Institute. Dr. Matthew Canham is a security consultant and researcher dedicated to understanding and addressing the human element in cybersecurity. His research focuses on human susceptibility to mis-dis-mal (MDM) information operations and remote online social engineering attacks. OUTLINE: 00:38 - Story about Navy Seals and manipulation of human responses 03:44 - What is Cognitive Security? 04:36 - Model validity vs. utility 07:46 - Cognitive Security is interdisciplinary 10:53 - The Psychology perspective, phishing and deepfakes 12:13 - Beyond social engineering: asking hard questions 13:51 - Art project creating a virtual traffic jam 14:52 - Cognitive Domain? Cyber, physical and psychosocial interactions 17:07 - Social engineering is not a one-way street 18:13 - Adversarial AI: Hacking computer vision 19:25 - Hacking human vision 20:08 - Linguistics in Cognitive Security 22:24 - Profiling personality based on linguistics 24:11 - Attributing authorship according to source code 25:08 - Neurosecurity 26:34 - Hacking the nervous system 28:54 - The mosquito 30:45 - Building a Neurosecurity framework 33:51 - Anthropology of security 35:41 - Hacker cognition 37:18 - Hacking the food court: systems thinking 39:07 - Philosophy of Cognitive Security 41:39 - Organizational cognition 44:13 - All domains must be considered 44:52 - References 45:04 - Upcoming CSI meetings CSI LINKS: Website: https://www.cognitivesecurity.institute/ LinkedIn:   / 9247485   DR. CANHAM LINKS: Website: https://drmatthewcanham.com/ LinkedIn:   / matthew-c-971855100