Psybersafe Blog

Behaviour-led cyber security: practical, human, and grounded in how people actually work.

How We Make Choices (And Why It Matters in Cyber Security)

May 2025

We make hundreds of choices a day, mostly on autopilot. The science of decision-making, and why some of those automatic choices carry a security cost.

Three ways to have the perfect holiday

April 2025

Cloudless skies, warm seas, and criminals who know exactly what you are dreaming about. Three ways to book and travel without handing them anything.

Retain customers with a focused cyber security approach

March 2025

A breach costs more than the clean-up. Customers leave when they stop trusting you with their data. How a focused security approach keeps them.

Cyber Security: what’s your reputation worth?

February 2025

Customers leave businesses that lose their data, especially in banking, insurance and engineering. What a breach costs beyond the immediate bill.

The Science of Thinking

January 2025

Kahneman's System 1 and System 2 explain why sensible people click bad links. What fast and slow thinking mean for security behaviour at work.

Changing your habits in 2025

December 2024

New habits stick through repetition, not willpower. How the fresh start effect works, and how to point it at the security habits that actually matter.

Top cyber tips for lazy people!

November 2024

We all take the path of least resistance. Cyber security tips that work with that instinct rather than against it, for people who cannot be bothered.

Do you have a real-life hacking story?

October 2024

Cyber crime does not only happen to other people. Real stories from the friends and families of the Psybersafe team, and what they did next.

Getting scammed through the court system?

September 2024

A nursery business owner in a partnership dispute was scammed through the court process itself. A real case, and the warning signs it left behind.

An introduction to NIS2

April 2024

NIS2 is the EU cyber security law in force since October 2024, and it reaches UK businesses too. What it covers, who it applies to, and what you must do.

Earth Day

April 2024

The plastic bag charge cut use dramatically, and barely anyone noticed the nudge. What choice architecture and social norms teach us about security habits.

How to train your staff on stuff they think is boring

April 2024

Nobody wakes up wanting security training. How to make a dry subject useful, relevant and even amusing, so people actually use what they learn.

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