J Wolfgang Goerlich, CISO for Oakland County Michigan Government, shares his unconventional path from wanting to be a hacker after watching the movie "Hackers" to leading government cybersecurity. In this conversation, Wolfgang breaks down why LLMs are surprisingly easy to manipulate using the same social engineering tactics that work on humans, why he believes good security starts with people not technology, and his fascinating approach to building security culture one conversation at a time. He also reveals how peer pressure made an AI image generator go rogue and why government employees might actually care more about security than private sector workers.0:00 Why communities help you get out of the cyber echo chamber15:12 Social engineering works on LLMs too26:51 AI psychosis risk and cognitive manipulation31:13 Using behavioural science to make security stick38:57 The five pillars of good security awareness🔔 Follow Wolfgang and John on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwgoerlich/https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncarse/🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0

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