We believe that training is a means to influencing behaviour, both the behaviour of those who join us on our courses and ultimately the behaviour of employees they set out to influence.
We have been training CISOs, Education & Awareness Managers and Information Security professionals since 2017 to re-think the human factor. We pioneered an alternative approach to our industry piers ensuring all attendees have a common understanding of human awareness, behaviour and culture, before graduating to using this insight to design and deliver more effective change programmes.
Our syllabus is based on our own research programme. Our research programme draws from academic and professional research into human awareness, behaviour and culture and how other industries, professions and even governments have succeeded in delivering change.
Our training will introduce you to a diverse range of disciplines, their relationship with your goal of managing human factor risks and how best to leverage these to increase the chances of your success and all while not being overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the opportunity in front of you.
We promise you will be equipped to have a different conversation with stakeholders within your organisation. This will single you out as having a valuable, alternative perspective, which you can back up by pointing to everyday examples, which will resonate deeply with stakeholders, in a meaningful way and all backed up by science.
Should you choose to join us, you’ll work towards a status as a Certified Human Factor Architect™ (CHFA™) who is qualified to design working environments which increase the likelihood of positive security behaviours and culture.
“The RHF focus is on building industry capacity to more effectively influence employee security awareness, behaviour and culture.”
Bruce Hallas
Founder at Re-thinking the Human Factor™
Our training, for security professionals responsible for employee awareness, behaviour culture is rated 9.5 out of 10 for its unique content.
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We like to spend time with you either face to face online in our digital classroom or at one of a few great learning centres.
Our courses are developed and delivered by professionals with industry leading experience in information security and influencing employee awareness, behaviour and culture.
While we’d love you to attend our training courses we’d like you to implement what you learn. To help you we've got some great options to support and embed what you learn.
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| Title | Month | Dates | Time Zone | Online or in-person | Find out more |
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| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | February | 3rd - 7th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | March | 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | March | March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th & April 3rd | Australia East Coast | Online | More Info |
| RHF Certified Human Factor Architect™ | April | 14th - 18th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management™ | July | 28th - 29th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | September | September 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th & October 6th. | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | September | September 11th, 18th, 25th, October 2nd & 9th | US East Coast | Online | More Info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | September | September 19th, 26th, October 3rd, 10th & 17th | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours™ | October | 21st | UK/EU | London | More info |
| RHF SABC Framework™ | November | 24th-28th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management | November | 28th | UK | London | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | December | 1st-5th | UK | London | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | December | 12th | UK | Birmingham | More Info |
| Title | Month | Dates | Time Zone | Online or in-person | Find out more |
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| RHF Foundation Course™ | January | 12th-16th | Australia East Coast | Online | More Info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | February | 9th-13th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass Security Behaviour™ | March | 11th | EU | Amsterdam | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | March | 13th | EU | Amsterdam | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | April | 10th, 17th, 24th & 1st May | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours™ | May | 8th | UK | Manchester | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management™ | May | 11th | UK | Birmingham | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | May | 14th | UK | Leeds | More Info |
| RHF SABC Framework™ | June | 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th. | UK | Online | More Info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | June | 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & July 1st | Australia East Coast | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management™ | July | 15th | UK | London | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | July | 17th | UK | London | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | September | 21st-25th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | October | 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th & Nov 2nd. | US East Coast | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | October | 23rd | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | November | 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th & Dec 4th | US East Coast | Online | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours™ | November | 16th | EU | Paris | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours™ | December | 7th | UK | London | More Info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management™ | December | 10th | EU | Frankfurt | More Info |
| RHF Certified Human Factor Architect™ | December | 14th-18th | UK/EU | Online | More Info |
| Title | Month | Dates | Time Zone | Online or in-person | Find out more |
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| RHF Foundation Course™ | January | 21st, 28th, Feb 4th, Feb 11th & Feb 18th | Australia East Coast | Online | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management | January | 26th | US East Coast | Online | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management | February | Feb 8th | EU | Brussels | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours | February | Feb 10th | EU | Brussels | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | February | Feb 12th | EU | Brussels | More info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | February - March | Feb 28th - March 3rd | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | March | 8th-12th | EU | Amsterdam | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management | March | 8th-12th | EU | Paris | More info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | April | 5th-9th | UK/EU | London | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management | April | 9th | EU | Leeds | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours | April | 13th | EU | Bristol | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Culture Management™ | April | 16th | EU | London | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Human Factor Risk Management | May | 11th | UK | Franfurt | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours | May | 13th | UK | Franfurt | More info |
| RHF SABC Framework™ | June | 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | June | 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | June | 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th | Australia East Coast | Online | More info |
| RHF Masterclass: Security Behaviours | July | 12th | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | July | 12th | EU | Brussels | More info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | September | 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th & 1st October | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | October | 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th | US East Coast | Online | More info |
| RHF Certified Human Factor Architect™ | October | 11th-15th | US East Coast | Online | More info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | October | 11th - 15th | EU | Franfurt | More info |
| RHF Foundation Course™ | November | 8th-12th | RHF Foundation Course™ | Online | More info |
| RHF Certified Human Factor Architect™ | November | 22nd-26th | UK/EU | Online | More info |
| RHF Human Factor Risk Assessor™ | December | 6th-10th | UK | London | More info |
“The combination of awareness, behaviour and culture theory and concepts and how the course related these to information security, using practical (sometimes non-infosec) examples, added considerable depth to the training.”
“I expected to touch on a diverse range of topics, but was surprised by just how many we covered. Behavioural science and marketing through to human culture and evolution are just a few of the topics we covered in the week. What makes the course amazing is the teacher’s ability to draw all these diverse topics together and make it relevant to my role influencing employee behaviour and culture.”
“I would recommend that anyone working in the awareness, behaviour, and culture space consider taking the RHF Foundation course.”
“Bruce’s take on security awareness is a breath of fresh air in an industry that has struggled to understand the fundamentals of human behaviour and error. It’s not often you come across someone so passionate, well-informed and structured in their approach to security culture change, and it’s great hearing Bruce discuss how all Security Awareness professionals can make a real difference within their organisations.”
“I cannot recommend this workshop enough and I guarantee, you will look at all future information security awareness, human behaviours and your organisational culture in a completely different light.”
“It’s no mean feat making sense of information security culture, but Bruce did this with aplomb, and the levels of interaction and engagement within the group on the day was truly exceptional.”
“I have to say a big thank you to the whole team, for providing a very insightful and deeply challenging workshop that has provided me with so much food for thought regarding, education and awareness programmes and human behaviours within the context of information security culture.”
“I have attended many security awareness conferences, training sessions and read several books. All of which provide value. Where RHF differs and excels, is in truly understanding the human.”
“I came out of the workshop with a number of concepts which I’ve taken back to my office and am applying to our programme – and new additions to my network for discussing new ideas”
“The workshop should be required attendance for anyone with an interest in managing risk caused by human behaviour in an information security context.”
“I’d recommend the workshop to InfoSec professional with responsibilities for security education and awareness. The workshop will help give them new insights on influencing behaviours and attitudes especially in situations where they’re experiencing diminishing effectiveness with their conventional approaches.”
In the Q&A you will learn more about the training course options available to security professionals responsible for influencing employee awareness, behaviour and culture.
This ground breaking industry course will give you a firm foundation of knowledge in human awareness, behaviour and culture to empower you to have an entirely different conversation with stakeholders around you.
With this knowledge you will be able to develop a strategy and design interventions which leverage science to increase the effectiveness of yours and your teams’ efforts to influence employee awareness, behaviour and culture.
As a result of this course, you will be able to draw on insights from a diverse range of scientific and management disciplines. From behavioural science through to social sciences, from marketing through to change management, from memory and perception through to nudge and motivation techniques, you will become an indispensable source of expertise for influencing employee awareness, behaviour and culture within your organisation.
“There is no guarantee that you can influence every employees level of awareness, their behaviour and the organisational culture when it comes to information security. This is why a risk based approach to employee awareness, behaviour and culture, not only makes sense but is also aligned to the heart of what information security best practise is all about.
The HFRA™ course re-thinks the role of risk management within the context of the human factor. Course attendees will be able to demonstrably evidence an understanding of risks to employee awareness, behaviour and culture, a process for identifying and assessing these risks and a means by which decisions can be made consistently about which human factor risks are and are not acceptable.
Course attendees will be able to facilitate a Human Factor Risk Assessment which will be submissible to regulators, the courts, customers and investors to evidence a risk based approach to managing employee awareness, behaviour and culture.”
The SABC® Framework course is another industry ground breaking course specifically for those responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining and reviewing a strategy for influencing employee awareness, behaviour and culture.
SABC® is a management process, which uses what you learnt in the Human Factor Risk Assessor course, to set clear and aligned strategic, and operational, objectives and then design, develop and delivery interventions to achieve these before reviewing their effectiveness for opportunities for improvement. Previous course attendees regularly comment on how anyone familiar with NIST or ISO27001 will immediately see the value of this course.
This course will suit anyone looking to develop a more mature management approach to employee awareness, behaviour and culture whilst introducing them to over 100 opportunities to influence positive security outcomes.
The Certified Human Factor Architect is at the peak of their career. They report directly into the CISO and are part of the architecture team responsible for information systems and information security.
As the architect responsible for business wide behaviour and culture, they work with stakeholders across the whole organisation, to shape the working environment employees make judgements and decisions within.
The scale of this challenge requires a multiyear strategy embedded through an architecture designed to address human factor risk. The CHFA course uses the SABC® Framework as the foundation for building that architecture and trains learners how to use this for large scale behavioural and culture change programmes incorporating people, processes and technology.
