Cybersecurity is so often presented and discussed in deeply technical terms. While technology is at the heart of cybersecurity, so is human awareness, behavior and culture.

In this session, Dr. Jessica Barker highlights how human bias makes us all susceptible to online manipulation and how we can practically apply psychology, sociology, and neuroscience to understand how cyber criminals operate.

These insights are especially paramount with the growth of AI, as Jessica demonstrates. You will leave this session looking at cybersecurity in a different light, leaving you with an understanding of how to unlock the human element of this field.

Dr. Jessica Barker MBE is a best-selling author and international keynote speaker. An award-winning leader in the human side of cybersecurity, she has delivered face-to-face awareness sessions to over 70,000 people. Barker is the go-to cyber expert for media including the BBC, Sky News and Wired magazine and she has delivered more than 80 keynotes, including NATO, the World Government Summit, Arm, and RSA San Francisco.

Barker is Co-Founder of the cybersecurity company Cygenta, where she focuses on her purpose to advance cybersecurity awareness, behavior, and culture in organizations around the world. She serves on numerous industry boards, including the UK Government Cyber Security Advisory Board. The author of best-selling books 'Hacked' and ‘Confident Cyber Security’, she helps audiences around the world understand why people are the heart of cybersecurity.

In June 2023, Barker was awarded an MBE for services to cybersecurity by King Charles III in his first Birthday Honors. When Barker is not working, she loves learning and so over the years she has taken classes in everything from horse riding to singing to circus skills. Born in the UK, she now lives in Las Vegas with her husband FC and their cat Bubble.