Fujitsu psychology tool profiles users for risk of cyberattacks

  • 22 January 2015
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By Tim Hornyak
 
Fujitsu wants to make computer security more personalized with profiling software based on psychology.
 
The manufacturer's Fujitsu Laboratories is developing an enterprise tool that can identify and advise people who are more vulnerable to cyberattacks, based on how they use email and Web browsers as well as their keyboard and mouse actions.
The software is designed on a belief that most cyberattacks exploit mistakes made by users such as clicking malicious links or inadvertently emailing the wrong person. Fujitsu describes the technology as the first that is based on behavioral and psychological characteristics.
 
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