10. What That Means with Camille: Human Factors

<p>On today’s show we discuss Human Factors--both in the traditional sense and in cyber security specifically--with Margaret Cunningham.</p> <p>Margaret has a PhD in Applied Experimental Psychology. She's a member of Forcepoint's X-Labs as the behavioral scientist subject matter expert. X-Labs develops scalable human-centric, security solutions.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">What That Means</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Camille has Margaret Cunningham of Forcepoint on to talk about the intersection of Human Factors and Cybersecurity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They cover a lot of ground, like:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The intent of human factors practitioners</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where the fields of human factors and cybersecurity intersect</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The questions guiding human factors practitioners </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why people break the rules</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How human factors can be used to improve training</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How you measure a person</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And more. Have a listen.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here are some key take-aways:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Human factors practitioners focus on the evaluation and design of everything, with the intent to optimize human performance. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Human factors can be broken down into different areas of interest like physical environments, cognitive function, systemic issues, etc. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Factor