72. Why Your Cybersecurity Training is Making You LESS Safe - with Craig Taylor
UnHacked · 2025-11-19 · 44 min
Episode notes
Hosts: Justin Shelley - Mario Zaki - Bryan Lachapelle - Guest: Craig Taylor - Your cybersecurity awareness training might be sabotaging your business. Recent studies show traditional "gotcha" phishing tests actually increase clicks and create disengaged, apathetic employees. Craig Taylor, CISSP-certified cybersecurity expert with 30 years of experience and co-founder of CyberHoot, reveals why punishment-based security training fails and how positive reinforcement and gamification can transform your first line of defense. Discover why rewarding good behavior works better than shaming mistakes, learn about the psychology behind effective training, and find out how AI is changing the threat landscape. Plus, get actionable steps to build a security-aware culture that actually protects your business.
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