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excerpt: "In this Masters of Data episode, we welcome back Zoe Hawkins and Roland Palmer to discuss building better security practices through small, incremental improvements personally and professionally. We emphasize regularly auditing security policies to avoid unnecessary friction that forces workarounds,..."
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[ All Podcasts ](https://www.sumologic.com/resources?_resource_type=podcast)# The atomic habits of cybersecurity professionals

### Adam White

Sr. Director, Technical Marketing

### Roland Palmer

VP, Security & Compliance

### Zoe Hawkins

Director, Content Marketing

Speakers

In this Masters of Data episode, we welcome back Zoe Hawkins and Roland Palmer to discuss building better security practices through small, incremental improvements personally and professionally. We emphasize regularly auditing security policies to avoid unnecessary friction that forces workarounds, treating security as sociology rather than just technology. We cover practical approaches like habit-stacking, weekly business reviews, staying informed about threats through intentional news consumption, and developing cognitive humility with security prompts. We explore balancing security friction, difficulty, and expense while understanding both use cases and abuse cases for technology.

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