The human firewall was never real.

Three of the world’s most experienced social engineering practitioners, Jayson E. Street, Iain Jackson and James Sheppard, in one unfiltered conversation about why psychological manipulation keeps working, why training keeps failing, and what good actually looks like.

Why security awareness training keeps failing

How manipulation actually works, and how a skilled operator uses it

What scope-limited, point-in-time testing misses

The three Es: education, empowerment and enforcement

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The paper makes the case. This makes you feel it.

The briefing sets out the argument in writing. In this webinar, three practitioners who have spent their careers treating the human layer as the main attack surface walk through how manipulation plays out in real engagements, and why the industry keeps responding to it the wrong way.

There are no slides and no corporate polish, just a fireside chat followed by a Q&A where nothing was off limits.

One hour on the triggers attackers rely on, the gaps in how organisations test and train for them, and the framework that leads to lasting change.

People hiding in plain sight, not knowing what is about to happen

People are trained to spot a list.

Awareness training teaches employees a set of warning signs.

Attackers work on reciprocity, comfort, authority and the subconscious autopilot that runs most of the day. Hear how a skilled operator puts those triggers to work, and why a checklist can’t override them.

A test confirms what you already knew.

Scope-limited engagements tend to confirm known weaknesses and reveal little else.

The panel explains what continuous offensive testing uncovers that a single test window doesn’t.

People taking an exam
Empty classroom,liminal space

The three E’s

Good looks like education, empowerment and enforcement.

The three Es are what separate organisations that genuinely improve from those that keep getting breached. Hear what each one looks like in practice, from people who have tested the difference.