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

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Insight 1 Jan 2026 7 min
Using Social Network Analysis to Engineer a High-Impact Security Champion Network
Security Champion programmes often start strongly but plateau when they become a vehicle for repeating awarene...
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Behavioural Change 29 Dec 2025 10 min
Security Champions Reimagined
Security Champions programmes are growing. That is the good news. The harder truth is that many programmes ...
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Human Psychology 15 Dec 2025 5 min
Your 2026 Security Culture Game Changer
If you are looking for a single, high-leverage move to strengthen your security culture in 2026, build (and ge...
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Behavioural Change 2 Dec 2025 25 min
Skills Framework for Behavioural Cyber Risk Management
While organisations worldwide struggle with a well-documented skills shortage, we simultaneously lack a compre...
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Ai Agency 22 Nov 2025 15 min
Secure and Ethical Behaviour with Agentic AI: Turning Curiosity into Safe Innovation
This article explores what secure and ethical behaviour looks like in an era of agentic AI, how human and AI b...
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Insight 17 Nov 2025 6 min
Blame Culture Creates Security Blind Spots
When organisations punish people for security mistakes, they rarely eliminate the behaviour. Instead, they dri...
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Insight 10 Nov 2025 3 min
A Scientific Approach to Security Culture Assessment
The Measurement Problem Eighty-two per cent of security breaches involve a human element. Yet when asked how ...
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Insight 3 Nov 2025 14 min
Beyond Tools: The Strategic Imperative for Behavioural Cyber Risk Management
Why tactical security tools aren't enough - and how strategic behavioural science transforms cyber risk from...
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Insight 17 Oct 2025 18 min
Cultural Barriers to Effective Incident Reporting
Understanding Why Employees Hesitate to Report Security Incidents and How to Create a Culture of Transparency ...
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