In today's hyper-connected world, the greatest vulnerability in cybersecurity isn't technical, it's cognitive. As threat actors increasingly exploit human attention and emotions through sophisticated social engineering, organizations are discovering that traditional security awareness training falls short. How can enterprises move beyond awareness campaigns to build genuine cognitive resilience? What does it mean to treat attention as the new perimeter in your layered defense strategy?

This session introduces a science-based approach to security culture that empowers rather than blames users, drawing from cyber psychology and behavioral science to create actionable human defense strategies.

In this session, Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy at KnowBe4 Africa, will explore building cognitive resilience by:

• Examining how threat actors exploit cognitive vulnerabilities;
• Analyzing practical methods to embed cognitive resilience into security culture;
• Assessing why attention hygiene is becoming as critical as password hygiene.