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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