Research & Articles

Knowledge that drives better security culture

Research insights and practical articles on behavioural science, security culture, and human cyber risk - from the CyBehave research programme.

Research Insights are findings from the CyBehave research programme - data, evidence and what it means for practice. Articles are practical guidance - how to apply behavioural science to your security programme day to day. The Signals and Ripples weekly briefings round up what matters each week.

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Signals 19 Oct 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 43 - Benefit of the Doubt
Who gets the benefit of the doubt in your organisation? This week: 600 CISOs say AI agents are now insiders in...
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Ripples 19 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 43: Benefit of the Doubt
This week is all about trust. A fake boss’s voice nobody wants to question, why our brains believe first and...
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Behavioural Change 16 Oct 2026 13 min
How to scale a champions programme without losing what made it work
A programme that works at twenty champions often stops working at two hundred. The activity is the same, the n...
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Ripples 12 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 42: Carrots, Not Sticks
Scams are getting nicer. This week: fake job offers that tripled in a year, flattering sponsorship messages th...
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Signals 12 Oct 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 42 - Carrots, Not Sticks
This week, the scams that work offer carrots, not sticks: fake job offers up threefold, sponsorship lures that...
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Behavioural Change 9 Oct 2026 14 min
Volunteer, voluntold or chosen: how to recruit champions who change behaviour
Volunteers bring motivation without reach. Appointment brings reach without motivation. Neither starts from wh...
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Signals 5 Oct 2026 1 min
SIGNAL: Week 41 - Creatures of Habit
Attackers are creatures of habit, and this week the research proves it. Analysis of 2.9 million phishing email...
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Ripples 5 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 41: Creatures of Habit
Scammers change their stories constantly, but their tricks barely change at all. This week: why anyone can be ...
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Insight 4 Oct 2026 7 min
Nobody Told the Agents How We Do Things Here
A new joiner learns how an organisation behaves long before they read a policy. They watch who gets challenged...
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