Monday 14 July 2025, 11am-12noon (BST)

The cybersecurity industry has long acknowledged the importance of the human layer, but our efforts so far have, in all honesty, not meaningfully reduced the risk in this space. Why is this? And what should we be doing differently?

We want interventions that will change the specific behaviours that will truly reduce our vulnerabilities. But we also need to help security teams do more with less and measure improvements to what actually matters. Is human risk management a step forward in thinking, or is this just yet another rebranding of the old ways of doing things?

In this first in a series of focussed debates, SASIG brought together prominent thought leaders Tim Ward and Oz Alashe. They laid aside their daily commercial rivalries to discuss as friends and equals where traditional ‘awareness’ came from, why it hasn’t worked, their views on where the industry is headed, and what it means for us all – service providers, customers, and the industry alike.

How should human cyber risk be better managed, and can AI and intelligent systems unlock new possibilities?

Chaired and facilitated by

Martin Smith MBE (info), Chairman & Founder, The SASIG

Presented by

Oz Alashe MBE (info), CEO and Founder, CybSafe
Tim Ward (info), Co-Founder and CEO, Think Cyber