Building a Better Security Analyst Using Cognitive Psychology

Building a Better Security Analyst Using Cognitive Psychology

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Attention-Focusing on something - Overtor covert - Attention is a limited resource

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Attention-Focusing on something - Overtor covert - Attention is a limited resource

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Building a Better Security Analyst Using Cognitive Psychology

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Thinking about thinking • Research shows a relationship between metacognitive awareness and cognitive performance. • Two Components: - Knowledge of cognition understand
  3. 3 Investigations are an attempt to determine the ground truth of what really happened. - Is there a bad guy? - What did they do? • Investigations introduce cognitive challenges
  4. 4 Mindsets frame how we see the world • Quick to form and resistant to change • The initial picture we
  5. 5 Provide relevant information up front • Realistic time alerting • Formalization of triage function - Put your expertise here -Gather info, make recommendations, pass on - Smaller ongs can we partner …
  6. 6 Attention-Focusing on something - Overtor covert - Attention is a limited resource
  7. 7 Experienced analyst are usually less suceptible • Mastery of your environment - Mise en place Controlling attention -Limit extraneous into - Direct focus -Gaze tracking
  8. 8 Investigative knowledge is tact - Senior analysts can't explain their success - Junior analysts can't effectively leam • Knowledge transfer is limited - Watch and learn
  9. 9 A primary component of working memory • Allows for visual manipulation of objects • Studies show that Intuition is directly tied to use of VSSP (via the precuneus)
  10. 10 The biggest hurdle to overcome when Investigating security incidents is our own cognitive limitations • Metacognition can diminish these limitations

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