Ganna Pogrebna
Why Do Businesses Pay Ransoms to Cyber Criminals? Irrationality and Compliance versus Common
The Story of One Hotel and Four Ransoms There is a small 4-star hotel in Austrian Alps called Seehotel Jägerwirt. On the one hand, there...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Nov 1, 20205 min read
External Culture, Corporate Values, and Cyber Security of the "New Normal"
For almost a year, our planet has been living in conditions of the global pandemic. This pandemic, caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Jul 2, 20204 min read
The Privacy Relativity Principle
We constantly hear that everything involving humans is relative and context-dependent. Naturally, this relativity and context-dependency...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 24, 20205 min read
Is the Trade-off between Information Sharing and Cybersecurity Real?
Why the Current Cyber Attacks in Australia highlight the Global Information Sharing Crisis in Cybersecurity On June 19, 2020, the...
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taratine
Jun 18, 20206 min read
How deceptive is deception? Thoughts on decoy distribution…
first published on LinkedIn on April 27, 2019 TL;DR: Things are not always you may desperately want them to be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #Deception in...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 17, 20206 min read
Deception As A Cyber Defence Tool
Businesses in many different sectors build their cyber security systems based on an assumption that contemporary cyber security threats...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 10, 20206 min read
Diversity and Inclusivity in Cyber Security: The Case of Technology and People
Like many systems and aspects of our life, cyber security often suffers from the lack of diversity and inclusivity. This concerns both...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Jun 2, 20204 min read
Cyber Security of FinTech Part 3: Technology Challenges
In the previous posts on cyber security of FinTech, we identified 4 main categories of challenges which are faced by the FinTech...
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Ganna Pogrebna
May 27, 20204 min read
Why Is It Important to Quantify the Consequences of Potential Cyber Attacks?
Many businesses are struggling with cyber security defence, because it is hard to quantify potential harm from cyber attacks....
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Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 29, 20204 min read
Cyber Security of FinTech Part 1: Business Models
COVID as an Accelerator and an Opportunity for FinTech Amid COVID19 outbreak, FinTech is one of few sectors staying afloat despite the...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 25, 20204 min read
Perceptional Invariance: 5 Psychological Reasons Why We Keep Believing Cybercriminals
Cyber Security as a Behavioural Science: Part 5 Consider the following paradox. On the one hand, it is very difficult to get people's...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 23, 20203 min read
False Flags: The Art of Making Context-Dependent Cyber Security Decisions
Defining what is "cyber safe" and what is "cyber secure" is not a simple clear-cut task. In different business contexts "cyber safety"...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 10, 20204 min read
Managing Unknown Unknowns: How to Navigate Cyber Security Risks in Times of Uncertainty
As humans, we are constantly trying to decrease uncertainty. However, it might not always be possible. Particularly, dealing with cyber...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Apr 4, 20205 min read
Panic Working or Panic Signalling? Why You Should Cancel All Unnecessary Online Meetings Now
The COVID19 outbreak forced many countries around the globe to introduce quarantine measures forcing many organisations to move their...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 24, 20205 min read
The Inner Xenomorph: Does Zero Trust Kill Creativity in the Workplace?
According to Wikipedia, Zero Trust refers to "an information security framework which states that organisations should not trust any...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 20, 20204 min read
Human-as-a-Solution: Will Cyber Security Organisational Culture Shift in the Face of Uncertainty?
Cyber Security as a Behavioural Science: Part 4 There is much information online about human behaviour and cyber security and it is easy...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 18, 20205 min read
Cyber Security of Working from Home: Technology versus Psychology
Social distancing became one of the most strongly advocated measures to manage the #COVID19 outbreak magnitude in many countries around...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 14, 20206 min read
The Cyber Security of Older and Wiser
Resent research shows that older adults face increased risk associated with COVID-19. Specifically, this analysis publicised by Columbia...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 12, 20205 min read
Perceived Vulnerability Paradox: Did COVID-19 actually change the way we think about cybersecurity?
All my social media accounts have exploded. It seems like people are engaged in endless fights. About half of news items and posts I see...
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Ganna Pogrebna
Mar 5, 20205 min read
Cybercrime Is All about Creativity
Have you ever wondered what do cybercriminals and fashion designers have in common? The answer is simple - creativity! When talking about...
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