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:
What is risk perception
The factors affecting perception of risk
Bounded rationality
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...