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Threat Hunting and Incident Response: A Cognitive Masterclass
The Human Factor Masterclass Advanced

Threat Hunting and Incident Response: A Cognitive Masterclass

A masterclass on the mental models, cognitive habits, and decision-making discipline that distinguish effective threat-hunting and incident-response teams from those that merely own the right tools. Covers the cognitive biases that routinely undermine detection and response work; the organizational failures at the SOC-to-IR-to-leadership handoffs; alert fatigue, learned helplessness, and operator burnout as predictable team outcomes; and the hunting culture that scales beyond a single talented individual. Part of The Human Factor Masterclass Series.

Carl B. Johnson · 1h 29m

Behavior Design for Security Programs
The Human Factor Masterclass Advanced

Behavior Design for Security Programs

A masterclass on applying behavior-design principles to security programs — the small set of mechanisms that actually move human decisions at the moment they matter. Covers why awareness training alone fails to change behavior; how nudges, friction, defaults, and salience shift decisions without reliance on willpower; the social dynamics of compliance versus commitment; the role of leadership behavior as the loudest signal employees observe; and the metrics that distinguish behavior change from awareness delivery. Part of The Human Factor Masterclass Series.

Carl B. Johnson · 1h 29m

Adversary Psychology and the Modern Cybercrime Economy
The Human Factor Masterclass Advanced

Adversary Psychology and the Modern Cybercrime Economy

A masterclass on how modern cyber criminals think, decide, and operate. Participants develop a working model of the adversary — their motivations, patience, risk calculus, and the psychological levers they rely on against the workforce. Covers the economic shift from software exploitation to identity attacks, the six behavioral levers that underpin virtually every successful social-engineering campaign, the specialization and criminal markets that drive modern cybercrime, and the feedback loop by which attackers learn from defender behavior. Part of The Human Factor Masterclass Series.

Carl B. Johnson · 1h 27m

Security Culture: A Leadership Masterclass
The Human Factor Masterclass Advanced

Security Culture: A Leadership Masterclass

A masterclass on security culture as the single most consequential control an organization operates — and the one most consistently neglected. Covers the cultural pathologies that reliably precede serious breaches, the asymmetric role of middle managers as the gating function for employee behavior, the dynamics that determine whether employees report mistakes early or hide them, and the small number of leadership moves that actually shift culture over time. Part of The Human Factor Masterclass Series.

Carl B. Johnson · 1h 29m

Insider Threat and Workplace Security Reporting
Workplace Security Beginner

Insider Threat and Workplace Security Reporting

Teach employees to recognize and report concerning behavior, data misuse, coercion, and physical-security issues — without making accusations or assumptions. Covers accidental mistakes, negligent behavior, compromised employees, and malicious actors, with respectful reporting that balances vigilance and fairness.

Carl B. Johnson · 30m 30s

AI Governance for Managers and Executives
AI Governance Intermediate

AI Governance for Managers and Executives

A plain-English executive course on governing workplace AI use — approving tools, managing data and vendor risk, requiring human oversight, documenting decisions, and setting the employee policy and training that holds it all together. For owners, executives, department leaders, HR, IT, and compliance.

Carl B. Johnson · 40m

Ransomware, Data Extortion, and Essential Service Continuity
SLED Cybersecurity and Data Protection Intermediate

Ransomware, Data Extortion, and Essential Service Continuity

A leadership course for agency and district leaders, IT, security, emergency management, and communications. Distinguish operational disruption from confidentiality loss, understand why restoring backups does not undo data theft, and prepare the containment, continuity, and communications decisions you will need to make in the first 24 hours.

Carl B. Johnson · 50m

Privacy and Sensitive Data Handling
Privacy Beginner

Privacy and Sensitive Data Handling

Teach every employee to recognize personal and confidential information and handle it safely from collection through disposal. Framework-neutral privacy fundamentals — PII, customer data, employee records, financial information, minimum-necessary access, safe sharing, retention, disposal, and what to do after an accidental disclosure.

Carl B. Johnson · 35m

Incident Reporting and Ransomware Readiness
Incident Response Beginner

Incident Reporting and Ransomware Readiness

Give every employee a clear playbook for the first minutes after a suspected cyber or privacy incident — suspicious emails, lost devices, misdirected messages, exposed files, account compromise, ransomware, or vendor compromise. Learn what to preserve, what to stop, what to document, and who to call — without making the situation worse.

Carl B. Johnson · 25m