THE HUMAN FIREWALL WAS NEVER REAL.
Psychological manipulation doesn’t need a zero-day. It needs a door someone will open.
Couldn’t make it to the live session? You can now watch the full recording of our CovertSwarm webinar, The Human Firewall was never real with Jayson E. Street, Iain Jackson and James Sheppard.
The Human Firewall Was Never Real.
Security awareness training teaches people to recognize a list. Attackers exploit something older and harder to override.
Three of the most experienced social engineering practitioners join in an unfiltered fireside chat on why psychological manipulation keeps working, why training keeps failing, and what good actually looks like.
What you’ll learn
- Why security awareness training keeps failing, and what attackers are actually exploiting instead.
- How manipulation really works: reciprocity, authority, comfort, and the triggers a sophisticated operator deploys.
- What a real human layer defence looks like, beyond phishing simulations and compliance checkboxes.
- Why the human layer is the primary attack surface, and why most organisations are still treating it as an afterthought.
Speakers
Jayson E Street, Swarm fellow, CovertSwarm
Iain Jackson, Academy Hive Leader, CovertSwarm
James Sheppard, Specialist Hive Member, CovertSwarm
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If you couldn’t join us live, the full webinar recording is now available to watch on demand.
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