Cognitive Security w Matt Canham

What if your worst enemy wasn't a foreign adversary—but a virtual clone of you?

A digital twin that knows your habits, your cravings, your blind spots.
It knows when you're tired. When you're distracted. When you're easiest to influence.

Sounds like Black Mirror.
It isn't.

In this episode, we sit down with Matt Canham—former FBI supervisory special agent, trainer to NASA and DARPA, and founder of the Cognitive Security Institute—to talk about digital twins, social engineering, and why the human mind is now the primary target.

This is a conversation about prediction , personalization, and what happens when systems know you better than you know yourself.

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Key Topics

What "cognitive security" actually means—and why it's not psychology cosplay

Digital twins as behavioral models, not avatars

Why prediction beats persuasion every time

How social engineering exploits routine, not stupidity

Personalization as a structural vulnerability

Why awareness doesn't equal protection

The difference between influence, manipulation, and coercion

Why humans are easier to model than systems

What institutions are quietly preparing for

Where responsibility ends: individual brains vs. system design

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Resources + Links

Cognitive Security Institute
https://www.cognitivesecurityinstitute.org/

Matt Canham — speaking, training, and research on cognitive security
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-cognitivesecurity/

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