Dr Mark Sirkin joins Assured Cyber Protection as Head of Applied Psychology and Human Factors
London, Jun 29, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Cyber Immunity and Human Factors Technology company Assured Cyber Protection announced and welcomed Dr Mark Sirkin as Head of Applied Psychology & Human Factors to help inculcate digitally secure company cultures and combat insider threat. Dr Sirkin, who is the current President of the Society of Consulting Psychology, comes with a wealth of experience as anapplied organisational psychologist. He has spent over 25 years working with closely held businesses as well as Fortune 100 companies to maximisehuman effectiveness, efficiency and potential.
Dr Sirkin will focus on company cultures and Insider Threat. He specialises in people-based risk assessment, creating cyber aware staffing models and education programmes focused on improving people, processes, and technology. His extensive knowledge and skills will help ACP spearhead new developments that will fortify companies and their employees; laying the foundations for cyber immunity.
"People play a critical role in cybersecurity. Over the last few years, research has repeatedly demonstrated that 80-90% of cybersecurity threats are due to employee attitudes and behaviour" commented Dr Sirkin. "ACP has displayed great foresight in addressing these vulnerabilities and its unswerving attention to the interfaces between people, process, and policy. I look forward to working closely with ACP Management to tackle these issues and provide cyber immunity solutions to its customers."
Today's cybersecurity has evolved from a focus exclusively on technology to encompass the entire business, with a growing recognition of the risks inherent in employee behaviours and the need for supporting policies and processes that govern their everyday work. Human resource professionals and senior business leaders have an increasingly critical role to play in providing safe and secure cyberculture and ensuring an overall level of cyber immunity that technology alone cannot provide.
ACP CEO, Mitchell Scherr, welcomed Dr Sirkin. "I have known and worked with Mark for many years. He brings tremendous value to the company as a leading expert in the field of applied psychology and human factors. Given his deep experience of corporate governance, we have also asked him to Chair ACP's Board of Advisors. We are pleased he will be working with us and we welcome him to our Senior Management team."
Dr Sirkin begins his engagement with his thoughts on Creating a Digitally Secure Company Culture as part of a joint webinar series with ACP's strategic partners Make UK. Part 1 of this series will take place between 1 and 2 pm BST on Thursday 2 July 2020. Registration is open and full details and can be found at the following link https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1029613882269182480.
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