Introduction

Our next speaker studies deception: how it works, why we fall for it, and what happens when technology makes it more powerful.

His work spans cybersecurity, social engineering, cognitive science, and the deceptive arts. Along the way, he’s studied the methods of magicians and mentalists, fraudulent psychics, con artists, disinformation operators, and others who make a living shaping what people believe.

He’s the Chief Deception Strategist at KnowBe4, and an award-winning author and podcaster who has made a career out of exploring one deceptively simple question:

What does it take to make someone believe?

Please welcome, Perry Carpenter.