On 28 July, the Charter of Trust Principle 6 ‘Education’ hosted the first-ever Charter of Trust webinar “The Human Element in Cybersecurity”. Discussions focused on why people are so central to cybersecurity, how capacity building can be beneficial, and which modern approaches to learning can be applied to effectively leverage the human element in cybersecurity.

Kai Hermsen is the Global Coordinator for the Charter of Trust for Siemens, Previously, he has been heading the Siemens Cybersecurity Strategy and worked as Project Manager in Siemens Management Consulting in Germany and India. He has a background in business administration.

Daria Catalui is a cyber security training and awareness professional with working experience in EU’s cyber security agency- ENISA, the European Commission and the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU. She is an advocate for the following projects, which she had the chance to kick-off and helped grow for public awareness and scaled-up for impact: Cyber Aware and CyberReadyGame, European Cyber Security Month, NIS quiz, NIS educational map, European cyber security challenge and the Annual Privacy Forum. Furthermore, Daria is conducting research with focus on gamification and initiated CyberEDU project. She speaks regularly at international conferences.

Bernardo Garcia is an Education & Awareness Security Manager at Airbus, leading and planning security awareness plans to change behaviour and establish a security culture. A certified SANS Security Awareness Professional (SSAP), Bernardo has a broad experience in working in international environments and promoting culture changes. He joined Airbus in 2001, where he has held various positions and gained a strong experience in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Bernd Barban has over 20 years of experience in Information Security at the interface of organization, processes and technologies. In the early 80s, he started his career as an electronics engineer and developed electronic circuits for computer interfaces. In the following years, he broadened his knowledge in various projects from IT security software development to the creation of complex IT security concepts for military helicopters. For almost 10 years afterwards, was responsible for Client Security Management for several accounts in the telecommunications and chemical industry. In April 2017, he became Chief Information Security Officer for the Atos Global Business Unit Germany. Mr. Barban joined the Charter of Trust Principle 6 Taskforce ‘Education’ in mid-2018.

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