Cultivating a Zero Trust Mindset: Nedbank’s Cybermindfulness Program

SANS Security Awareness: Managing Human Risk Summit 2024

Cultivating a Zero Trust Mindset: Nedbank's Cybermindfulness Program

Speakers:
Anna Collard, SVP Content Strategest, KnowBe4
Christine Gordon-Bennett, Manager, Cyber Security Awareness, Nedbank Ltd.

In this talk, Christine Gordon Bennett from Nedbank and Anna Collard from KnowBe4 Africa will share the learnings of their 1.5-year journey into their cyber mindfulness campaign at Nedbank (one of South Africa's leading banking brands). We will touch on human psychological traits and tendencies that make us susceptible to social engineering and how mindfulness practices can (scientifically evidenced) 'patch' our human vulnerabilities. The talk will share both practical on-the-ground experiences from a practitioner's point of view and provide backed-up academic highlights (without boring anyone..) from Anna's Master thesis in Cyberpsychology about Cyber mindfulness which influenced the campaign. We believe that the combination of scientifically validated data with practical experience in the cyber mindfulness space gives us the authority to talk about this subject on a global stage and we will make it fun and engaging too.