The Psychology of Security Programs

07.28.14

After spending my early years working in the behavioral sciences, I have had a tendency to apply many of those formally learned principals to a wide range security challenges. I was particularly interested in the work of B.F. Skinner. B. F. Skinner is the father of Behavioral Psychology. He was a firm believer of the idea that human free will was actually an illusion and any human action was the result of the consequences of that some action. If the consequences were bad, there was a high chance that the action would not be repeated; however if the consequences were good, the actions that led to it would be reinforced. He called this the principle of reinforcement. He favored reinforcing positive behavior over punishing negative behavior....