Anna Collard
Mindfulness in Cyber Research Links
Useful Links Here I'll share links to articles and podcasts about the topic of Mindfulness in Cyber. Article in ITWeb about Multitasking,...
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Anna Collard
- Feb 22
- 1 min
System 1 Thinking and Cognitive Bias
In the 2011 Thinking,Fastand Slow book by psychologist Daniel Kahneman, the author describes how cognitive biases are unconscious and...
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Anna Collard
- Feb 22
- 2 min
The Emotional Trigger or Amygdala Hijack Attack
Throughout (human) history, our brains have always responded to threats in the same ways - we are wired to survive, more than we are...
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Anna Collard
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Why Multi-tasking is a Myth
When we think we do multiple things at once, our brains just switch between tasks at a cost. Every time we switch, we need to make a...
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Anna Collard
- Feb 20
- 8 min
Mindfulness in Cybersecurity Culture
A couple of months ago I sat in an Uber which dropped me at the workshop where my car went in for a service. The area is not the best in...
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Anna Collard
- May 9, 2022
- 4 min
6 lessons learned from running my own business
I always enjoyed drawing, and as a kid you would have seen me sitting in class doodling cartoon versions of my teachers. More or less by...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 23, 2021
- 4 min
Why it's ok to be an amateur in Cyber Security
Photo credit: Paul Grapendaal When I was growing up I noticed that unlike a lot of my friends I never really belonged to any particular...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
World Toilet Day and Resilience
Friday Thursday 19th November is World Toilet Day Image credit: Lavo.co.za Last Sunday we’ve come back from a trip with a group of other...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
Security Awareness Campaigns for Consumers
Last week I attended a workshop with representatives from the telecommunication industry about how to tackle consumer security awareness...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
Art takes courage - and skepticism
Selling art online means you may be targeted by art-scammers A Cape Gooseberry watercolor painting by Kelly Pieterse During the years of...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 4, 2021
- 5 min
Could cybersecurity address Africa's youth unemployment?
Today I was able to discuss diversity with 3 incredibly inspiring female powerhouses from Google, Red Hat, and Fortinet. We all...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5 min
Africa's digital gender gap
One thing I really love about my current role is that I get to learn about new things all the time. Sometimes it can be quite...
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Anna Collard
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
What do these shoes have to do with Cybersecurity?
Nothing really. However, they do link to a story about human emotions and particularly how flattery is really effective as a...
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Anna Collard
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Staying Positive
Remaining calm and staying positive during this pandemic craziness is not easy. I usually am a glass half full kind of person and try to...
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Anna Collard
- Mar 13, 2020
- 6 min
Women in Tech: Interview
Heath Muchena from Business Africa Online and I discuss leadership, information security, challenges women face in the IT sector, and...
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Anna Collard
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
Let's do something about the cyber security skills shortage
I'd like to share a story about Jason. Jason was barely out of school at 19 years old, when he joined the security team where I worked...
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