Author: Ira Winkler, CISSP

ira-winklerIra Winkler, CISSP is CISO of Skyline Technology Solutions and author of “You Can Stop Stupid,” Advanced Persistent Security, and four other books. He has more than 30 years of experience in cybersecurity and intelligence and focuses on human aspects of cybersecurityskyline-technology-solutions-logo

From the Summer 2021 Issue

Addressing Malicious Websites Through Human Security Engineering

Author(s):

Ira Winkler, CISSP, CISO, Author, Skyline Technology Solutions

Addressing Malicious Websites Through Human Security Engineering

In the Spring 2021 issue of the United States Cybersecurity Magazine, “Human Security Engineering: A New Model for Addressing the “User Problem” I highlighted the strategy of Human Security Engineering to address the User Initiated Loss (UIL). To summarize briefly, UIL is the concept that a user does not actually create a loss, but may … Read more

From the Spring 2021 Issue

Human Security Engineering: A New Model for Addressing the “User Problem”

Author(s):

Ira Winkler, CISSP, CISO, Author, Skyline Technology Solutions

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Despite best efforts, the cybersecurity professional has yet to be able to adequately handle what people refer to as “The User Problem”. A user will inevitably click on a phishing link. A user will inevitably fall prey to a social engineer. A user will click on a malicious web link. A user will accidentally email … Read more