In this episode, Steve Durbin, Chief Executive of the Information Security Forum, joins Emily Holyoake, Co-founder of Not A Standard and architect of the SAFE framework, to explore how tech-facilitated abuse and gender-based violence are challenging the industry to protect people, not just infrastructure. They examine the human cost of cyberattacks, the perpetrator-focused lens that reframes threat modelling, and why building a safer society is both a moral imperative and a sound business case.
It’s never actually about the victim, it’s always about the actor trying to fulfil a need for themselves.
Key Takeaways:
- Every attack begins and ends with a human and a breach can have an existential impact on people’s lives.
- Attribution too often is aimed at individual humans, when we should look at the systems that enabled the person to cause the harm.
- Diversity within your teams enables a richer environment for problem-solving.
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