Cognitive science and Phishing

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Visible to the public OODA Loops in Cyberspace: How Cyber Awareness Training Helps Threat Actors

Cybersecurity's human adversarial engagement is often lost in discussions of cybersecurity. We discuss how defenders' focus on technology unintentionally creates vulnerabilities which can be exploited by threat actors. In particular, we discuss how the convergence of cyber awareness training and defensive technologies is exploited by threat actors with devastating consequences.