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One of the standout findings from our Behavioural Impact Report showed that 'just 3% of users are responsible for 18% of all AI-related events'... That’s a lot of heavy lifting from a very small group! 🏋️ Most organisations are trying to manage AI through policy, approved tools, and acceptable use guidelines, which isn't a bad approach on the surface. The challenge is that these frameworks are usually designed around the average user. This 3% isn’t average. They move faster, experiment more, make decisions in the moment and often push tools further than anyone expected. There can be a haste to label this behaviour as reckless or nefarious, but that’s rarely the case. Most employees turn up to work and try to get the best job done in the most efficient way; they aren't trying to mastermind Watergate and take down the company from the inside. In many instances, these users are the trailblazers showing us where behaviour is heading next. So this "problematic" 3% may not be a problem at all, but a signal to pay closer attention 👀 📚 FULL REPORT: https://hubs.la/Q04jkVXR0 🎨 Design Credits: @Lisa Raynaud

We have UNLIMITED spaces left on our LinkedIn Live talk!!! Sign up now or don’t. Waiting longer to register won't jeopardise your place in the slightest. You can do it tomorrow instead, or even on the day… As you can probably tell, sales patter isn’t really our strong suit, but we do put on a damn good talk about ‘What Happens When AI Changes Behaviour Faster Than Cyber Governance Can Keep Up’, featuring Tim Ward (CEO and co-founder of Redflags.) and 🔐 Daniela W. Waugh (Head of Information Security at S&W Group). Webinar details: Date: 2nd June 2026 Time: 3:15pm – 3:45pm GMT Location: On your mobile device OR at Infosecurity Europe 2026, Booth B104 (if you’re attending in-person. ✍ Register here: https://hubs.la/Q04jlFtJ0

Yesterday’s SASIG Events brought together three of the biggest, interconnected terms in the cyber security industry: Compliance, Risk and Governance. Naturally, we sent along three big, interconnected names of our own in the form of Tim Ward, Phil Guest and Laura Katharina Oertel. The venue was packed with sharp minds, strong coffee and enough conversations about governance frameworks to make even the Wi-Fi feel compliant! Our CEO, Tim Ward, took to the stage to talk about quantifying change in cyber security behaviour and why human factors matter far more than most organisations realise. The room warmed up pretty quickly too. Now, yes, the UK is currently enduring a heatwave, but we’re choosing to believe that was entirely down to Tim’s passionate talk 🔥 Tim explored how motivation, ability and prompts all play a huge role in cyber defence, sharing practical examples along with findings from our latest report to show how behaviour change can be achieved and the real impact it can have. 📚 FULL REPORT: https://hubs.la/Q04gW4st0 Huge thanks to SASIG for hosting such a fantastic event and creating space for these important conversations. And of course, a big thank you to all the other speakers and contributors on the day for sharing their insights and expertise.

We’ve been receiving complaints from customers saying that they’re bored because their teams aren’t engaging with phishing emails and are actually taking time to inspect links before clicking them. This means fewer incidents for their security teams to write emails about and budget carrying over into the next financial year because they haven’t lost as much of it to breaches as they’d forecasted. It’s sorry state of affairs and we’re responsible for it. Book a demo if your day job as a cyber security professional has become a bit too exciting and you’re looking for a touch more of the mundane. We can help with that 😴 https://hubs.la/Q04gWtG50

🚀 Emerging Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges Join us in London for a dynamic SASIG event unpacking how AI, privacy enhancing tech and emerging innovation are reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. Hear from industry experts on where AI goes wrong in the real world, how attackers are evolving, and what organisations must do to stay ahead. 🎤 Speakers include: Florian POUCHET (Wavestone), Nigel Smart (KU Leuven), Tim Ward (Redflags.), Nils Amiet (Kudelski Security), Mark Davis (Pentera), Alex van Someren (Paladin Capital Group), David Porter (Bank of England) and Mark Howell (Censys). 📅 Thursday 25 June 2026 | 🕘 9.30am - 4pm 📍 London 🎟️ Free to attend - registration required 🥪 Lunch and refreshments included 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/e_zA7mCU #CyberSecurity #AI #EmergingTech #CyberRisk #SASIGEvents

In our latest Behavioural Impact Report, we explored which AI websites rank highest for workplace usage and how those patterns are shifting inside organisations. Despite the eye rolls and growing criticism, OpenAI’s ChatGPT still sits comfortably at the top as the most visited AI website. Meanwhile, platforms like Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude and DeepSeek are still playing catch-up. Our experts looked at the AI usage metrics tracked by Redflags. customers to see where governance was having an impact on digital behaviours. In some organisations, usage patterns fell in line with clear rules around which AI tools employees are permitted to access. In others, employees were actively searching for workarounds as a result of mounting pressures (e.g., increased workload, fear of being replaced, etc). If you’re a cyber security professional who feels like you're playing a game of whack-a-mole - every time one AI site is blocked, another immediately appears in its place - and want to shape safer behaviours and not just secret ones, this report is for you. 📚 FULL REPORT: https://hubs.la/Q04gW4st0 🗣️ Contributors: Tim Ward, 🐡 Lucy Finlay CISM, George Ponder, Melanie Knight, Phoebe P. and Noah Browne. 🎨 Design Credits: Lisa Raynaud

Getting back into "work-mode" Looking forward to next week Infosecurity Europe at London Excel. It's looking packed with content from speakers from some pretty cool backgrounds. Jonna Mendez - Really looking forward to what Jonna will cover in her presentation to the room, around how "Trust" is the biggest threat. Richard Meeus of Akamai Technologies presentation looks awesome too "Bots, LLM Exploits and AI Scrapers: A Security Compass for the Emerging Threat Landscape" Industry friend Ian Thornton-Trump CD has an insight into how to place our conversations with CISOs. Less rapid fire, more understanding of their battles. Alex Z from Microsoft - Cybersecurity in the Age of AI will be great to see what Alex covers on this complex area. We also have Nico Hulkenberg there for a chat with Lisa Forte so looking forward to this one as well. Are you going? Let me know, it would be great to meet up, grab a coffee and hear what you have going on at the moment. I'm also going to the Hornetsecurity "Night of Heroes" event on Tuesday evening. Fancy joining me - Drop a comment below or DM me. I'm always learning, always growing. As I've written this post I've had this song in my head. 🎵 "Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers" 🎵 I'm Paul Croker. I help businesses understand their IT, Tech, and Cyber in words they understand. Looking forward to seeing Redflags. Tim Ward, Andy Syrewicze Nikki Webb Inka Karppinen, PhD CPsychol #cyber #cybersecurity #businessrisk #paulknows #learning 18iT #18itknows #Infosec2026

Our experts took on the unenviable task of combing through 28 million nudges with the slightly cheeky advantage of having Redflags. make all of that behavioural data instantly accessible at their fingertips. What emerged was a fascinating view into how behaviours form, persist and evolve across different organisational environments and where safer behaviour change can be achieved through scientific methods instead of blanket “policy and pray” approaches 🙏 Listen to our Delivery Director for Secure Behaviour and Analytics and architect behind the Redflags Behavioural Impact Report, 🐡 Lucy Finlay CISM, unpack the findings and explain why these behavioural patterns matter so much to organisations navigating modern security challenges. Head over to our Behavioural Impact Hub to hear the full conversation between Tim Ward and 🐡 Lucy Finlay CISM Finlay as they explore behaviour change in practice: https://hubs.la/Q04h_fvc0 Link to the Behavioural Impact Report in the comment section 📚