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Defender Sarah Gosler on How Social Engineering Elevates Data Breach Risk for Enterprises
Cyberattacks now target human psychology at scale, reshaping how organizations defend and handle trust, said Sarah Gosler, a cyber resiliency and human defense expert at a leading financial services firm.
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Threat actors blend cyber and psychological tactics to exploit emotion, trust and urgency, while artificial intelligence lowers barriers to entry and accelerates social engineering campaigns. Gosler said attackers no longer need persistence. They need visibility and believability to influence perception and disrupt decision-making. Organizations must stop labeling employees as weak links and empower them as active defenders within a broader security strategy, she said.
“We can have the best technical defenses in the world, but if you have a human being opening the door, an attacker is going to walk right through it,” Gosler said.
In this video interview with Information Security Media Group at RSAC Conference 2026, Gosler also discussed:
- How AI has democratized cybercrime and enabled large-scale social engineering;
- Why organizations must build human sensor networks to detect subtle threats;
- How CISOs can align budgets with human-centric risk and resilience strategies.
Gosler is a senior cybersecurity leader focused on cyber resiliency and the human dimension of institutional risk. She leads initiatives that strengthen how banks prepare for and responds to cyber incidents. She integrates advanced war gaming, human defense strategy and behavioral science to enhance institutional coordination, executive decision-making and maintain organizational performance under stress.
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