Building a Cybersecurity Culture in Organizations

Isabella Corradini is a social psychologist and criminologist. She is the director of Themis Research Center, an interdisciplinary research organization for the psychological and social sciences, with a special focus on human factors in safety and security. She is also co-founder of the Link&Think Research Lab, which provides information, education and socio-technical analyses of information technologies. Isabella is a recognized expert in the field of human factors in safety and security, and in the area of communication. She served as a Professor of Social Psychology at various Italian universities for ten years. She is currently a lecturer in master’s and industrial training programmes, and a consultant for national and international organizations on awareness initiatives aimed at developing safety and security cultures. A member of several technical and scientific committees, Isabella is also the author of numerous articles, chapters and books on the above-mentioned topics, and the editor of a book series on the topic of reputation for a major Italian publisher.

• Introduction.- The scenario.- Security: Human nature and behavior.- Redefining the approach to cybersecurity.- Building Cybersecurity Culture.- Communication is not optional.- Developing cybersecurity awareness.- Training methods.- Conclusions.