A doctoral study of what happens when cybersecurity awareness stops being a checkbox and becomes an experience: gamified, experiential approaches examined through engagement, learning retention, risk perception, behavioral response and decision-making.
Conventional compliance training proves attendance, not judgment. The research centered on IT governance leaders within financial institutions — the people accountable for how risk decisions get made when regulatory pressure, business speed and human behavior collide.
Publicly presented as: “Gamifying Cybersecurity Awareness: Exploring How Experiential Learning Influences IT Governance Leaders’ Engagement and Risk Decision-Making in the Financial Sector.” Dissertation-title status is not independently verified, so it is shown here as a research and presentation topic.