Building a security team that looks more like society

John Leonard
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Danielle Sudai, Yota Trom, Nick Ioannou
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Danielle Sudai, Yota Trom, Nick Ioannou

A monocultural cyber team makes things easy for attackers - but how to attract and retain the right people?

"It's important to understand how people think," said Nick Ioannou, Information Security Officer at property-letting platform Goodlord. "Social engineering will bypass everything we do. Therefore, ...

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