Are Cyber Attackers Thinking Fast and Slow? w/ Dr. Robert Gutzwiller | CSI Talks #2

This focus topic was presented by Dr. Robert Gutzwiller during the CSI meeting held on the 11/02/2022. The CSI meetings are digital monthly meetings arranged by the Cognitive Security Institute. Dr. Robert Gutzwiller is a researcher studying the critical role of the human in complex systems. He has done pioneering work on oppositional human factors in cybersecurity, although his work extends beyond cyberspace to areas such as defense and transportation. His recent research focuses on engineering human attention, human-automation interaction, and defensive cyberspace operations. OUTLINE: 00:20 - Introduction 01:43 - What got me interested in human factors in cybersecurity 03:10 - Are cyber attackers making decision-making mistakes? 05:00 - Malicious actions in cyberspace 06:34 - Cyberspace is a human-system environment 09:24 - Attacker cognition 12:05 - Oppositional human factors 15:45 - Thinking fast and slow: system 1 and system 2 17:55 - Heuristics: How much does the ball cost? 20:17 - Systematic errors and logical fallacies 21:58 - Force transitions between system 1 and 2 24:00 - Examining attacker decision-making behaviors 27:40 - Cyber attacker biases: take-the-best heuristic 32:12 - Confirmation bias 35:04 - Framing effects 36:32 - Attacker quote about task switching 37:40 - Bias progression 40:28 - Current work: Oppositional Human Factors focused studies 41:40 - New papers 42:25 - OHF: Affective states 42:51 - Human factors in automating cyber operations 43:25 - Investigating cyber attacker team cognition CSI LINKS: Website: https://www.cognitivesecurity.institute/ Reddit:   / cognitivesecurity   LinkedIn:   / 9247485   DR. GUTZWILLER LINKS: Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?... LinkedIn:   / rsgutzwiller