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People Are Not the Weakest Link

Lisa Ventura, Chief Executive & Founder at AI and Cyber Security Association

19 October 2026 · 37 min

Lisa Ventura explains why fear based security awareness backfires, how psychological safety changes whether staff report mistakes, and why she now calls kindness a security control in an industry facing a retention and gender gap.

Security CultureHuman RiskPsychological SafetySecurity Awareness TrainingAI And Cyber Security

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The 24-hour rule
Why slow Cyber Hiring is now a board risk

A 16-page invitise briefing for cyber, risk and people leaders. Why the hiring window has narrowed, what 24-hour mobilisation actually requires, and the four conditions that have to be true for next-morning on-site to mean something.

55%

of senior cyber roles take 6 months or longer to fill in the UK.

46 days

longer than other IT roles, senior cyber vacancies stay open.

68%

of large UK businesses now own cyber at board level.

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