Human Factor
What is Human Factor?
The element of cybersecurity risk related to human behavior, decision-making, and susceptibility to social engineering attacks.
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What the standards actually require on human factor
Requirements naming human factor across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
Address human factors including fatigue, stress, training, and welfare to sustain responder effectiveness during prolonged incidents.
ISO22320-9.1 · Human Factors and Welfare →Address human factors during engineering, including usability of security controls, error tolerance, and operator workload, to reduce the likelihood of human-induced compromise.
SE-HF · Human Factors in Secure Systems Engineering →Program 3 processes must conduct PHA using HAZOP, What-If, FMEA, Fault Tree, or equivalent methodology by a team including operations expertise.
epa-rmp-40-cfr-68::68.67 · Process Hazard Analysis with 5-year revalidation →Assess threats and vulnerabilities affecting ICT continuity, including environmental, technical, supplier and human factors.
27031-6.3 · Risk Assessment for ICT Continuity →Human Oversight is mandated by the Human-Centric Principle (1st of 10 Principles) per Japan AI Guidelines for Business + reinforced by APPI 2022 Amendment Article 21-2 right to human review + intersects with Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct.
JP-AIG-Human-Oversight-Control-In-the-Loop-On-the-Loop-Article-22-GDPR-Equivalent-Automated-Decision-Restrictions · Japan AI Guidelines Human Oversight + Human-in-the-Loop + Human-on-the-Loop + Human-out-of-Loop + Article 22 GDPR Equivalent APPI Automated Decision Restrictions + Override Capability + Pause Functionality + Audit Trail →Questions people ask about human factor
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