Alert fatigue, password change resistance, and poor cyberhygiene are just a few of the challenges that security specialists face. Human beings do not like being forced into habits, even when it is for their own well-being or that of the organization they work for. It’s a quirk of human nature that we have a hard time contemplating abstract notions of danger, especially when it’s introduced to us by others. Humans are guided in part by instinct and reflex. So if we cannot perceive danger through our physical senses, then we cannot process it accurately. When it comes to cyberhygiene activities, the threat we seek to avert seems invisible or inconsequential…

Here’s a look inside the psychology behind it.

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