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Episode 16: Risk Perception

Sep 17, 202026 minSeason 1Ep. 16
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Episode description

Welcome back to Episode 16 of Diary of a Security Consultant. In this episode we talk about real risk and risk perception and the difference between the two. 

We discuss:

 1. What is risk perception

 2. The factors affecting perception of risk 

3. Bounded rationality 

4. Why understanding risk perception is important to security professionals 

 We also discuss the different between managing risk at a higher level of preventative control and not lower level or responsive controls  

Links (not affiliate) to the books mentioned in the video:  

Risk (Dan Gardner) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Science... 

Thinking Fast and Slow (  Daniel Kahneman) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fas...


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