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by: Ryan K. Louie, MD, PhD

Invited Talks and Posters

“Psybersecurity: Prioritizing The Mind”. Presented at CIONET Belgium TRIBES Session, “Cybersecurity Without the Burnout”. Virtual. September 23, 2025.

“Psybersecurity Fireside Chat with Goldman Sachs”. Presentation for Goldman Sachs. Virtual. May 28, 2025.

“Psybersecurity: Mental Health and the Zone of Optimal Paranoia”. BSides Seattle 2025. Redmond, Washington. April 18, 2025. https://www.bsidesseattle.com

“Psybersecurity: Unboxing the Mental Health Attack Surface”. Odyssey 2025. SecurityScorecard. Miami, Florida. February 26, 2025.
https://securityscorecard.com

“The Biopsychosocial 4P Matrix: A Psybersecurity Unboxing of the Mental Health Attack Surface”. Bsides Seattle 2024. Redmond, Washington. April 27, 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrENp71FzZQ

Ryan K. Louie MD PhD Biopsychosocial 4P Matrix Psybersecurity Talk Bsides Seattle 2024Download

“#Psybersecurity: Keeping Mentally Well and Cyber Safe”. National CyberSecurity Awareness at LLNL (Virtual Webinar). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. October 19, 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6lLli1V-6Q

“The Empathic Pause: Taking Time for Self-Care and Psybersecurity”. Selected as a Backup Speaker. The Diana Initiative Virtual Conference 2022. July 16, 2022. https://thedianainitiative2022.sched.com/event/15chE/the-empathic-pause-taking-time-for-self-care-and-psybersecurity

“#Psybersecurity for Patient Care”. Thursday Medical Q&A, Kaiser Permanente Washington. December 16, 2021.

“#Psybersecurity: The Signs and Symptoms of a Mental Health Attack Surface”. Layer 8 Conference 2021. October 8, 2021. https://layer8conference.com/2021-conference-schedule/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9FD_Z7ews

“#Psybersecurity for Patient Care”. Presentation for the Kaiser Permanente DSA (Diablo Service Area) Physician Health and Wellness Speaker Series. June 23, 2021.

“#Psybersecurity: Mental Health and Cybersecurity”. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Cyber/Security Coffee Break Virtual Expo. October 14, 2020.
https://cybersecurity.llnl.gov/cyber-security_coffee-break_event/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O09opYaQFo
Slides: PDF

“#Psybersecurity: The Mental Health Attack Surface”. 41st IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. May 19, 2020.
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2020/program-shorttalks.html
https://youtu.be/4MBSd7VcxWI
Slides: PDF

“#Psybersecurity: Mental Health Impacts of Cyberattacks”. RSA Conference 2020. San Francisco, California. February 28, 2020. https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/presentation/psybersecurity-mental-health-impact-of-cyberattacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkilyzzK4SI
Slides: PDF

“Panel: Mental Health for Hackers: Contents Under Pressure”. On a panel with Chloé Messdaghi and Susan Peediyakkal. BSidesSF 2020. San Francisco, California. February 24, 2020. https://bsidessf2020.sched.com/event/YbiV/panel-mental-health-for-hackers-contents-under-pressure

“#Psybersecurity: Mental Health Impact of Cyberattacks”. RSAC 2020 Quick Look Webcast. February 17, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxGar7_2KLA

“#Psybersecurity in the Differential Diagnosis: Mental Illness Due to Hacking”. Poster Presentation. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting 2019. San Francisco, California. May 20, 2019.

“Mental Health in Cybersecurity: Preventing Burnout, Building Resilience”. Learning Lab. RSA Conference 2019. San Francisco, California. March 7, 2019.
https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/presentation/mental-health-in-cybersecurity-preventing-burnout-building-resilience
Slide Deck PDF.

“Psybersecurity”. Birds of a Feather. RSA Conference 2019. San Francisco, California. March 6, 2019.
https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/presentation/psybersecurity

“Cybersecurity Impact on Mental Health: Managing Stress, Building Resilience”. Peer2Peer (P2P) Session. RSA Conference 2018. April 17 and 19, 2018. San Francisco, California. https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/presentation/cybersecurity-impact-on-mental-health-managing-stress-building-resilience

“Cybersecurity and Mental Health”. Birds of a Feather Session. RSA Conference 2018. April 19, 2018. San Francisco, California. https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/presentation/cybersecurity-and-mental-health

Podcasts, Webcasts, and Blogs

“Building Trust Between Security and its Peers: Q&A with psychiatrist Dr. Ryan K. Louie, cybersecurity trust and compliance expert Kim Burton, and Discernible CEO Melanie Ensign”. June 25, 2024.
https://discernibleinc.com/blog/building-trust-with-cross-functional-teams

Adventures of Alice & Bob Podcast, Episode 46 – “The Psychiatrist’s Guide to Cybersecurity // Dr. Ryan Louie”. January 12, 2024.
https://www.beyondtrust.com/podcast/ep-46-the-psychiatrists-guide-to-cybersecurity-dr-ryan-louie

Podcast: “Protecting our Cyber Defenders’ Mental Health”. Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson. Ep 62. November 1, 2022.
https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/afternoon-cyber-tea/62/notes

Podcast: Mental Health | A Conversation With Ryan Louie | The Changemaking With Chloé Messdaghi. ITSPmagazine. October 14, 2021.
https://itspmagazine.simplecast.com/episodes/mental-health-a-conversation-with-ryan-louie-the-changemaking-with-chloe-messdaghi

Podcast: “#110 – Ryan Louie: Security Starts In The Mind”. Interview with Douglas Brush. Cyber Security Interviews. January 18, 2021. https://cybersecurityinterviews.com/episodes/110-ryan-louie-security-starts-in-the-mind/

“Mental Health During COVID-19”. Point3 Security Webinar with Chloé Messdaghi. May 27, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2S8JdGfHO8

“Staying Healthy While Managing Change”. RSA Conference Webcast with Ann Johnson, Sergio Caltagirone, and Kacy Zurkus. May 6, 2020.
https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/webcast/46-staying-healthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0wDEJCx6ag

“Q&A: Mental Health While Staying at Home”. Hosted by Chloé Messdaghi. April 28, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro6W3-NU_Q8

“A Conversation on Mental Health in Times of Disruption”. RSA. April 9, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUmLcq0a6QA

Podcast: “Working From Home: Let’s Talk About It! | A Conversation with Katie Nickels, Karen Worstell, And Dr. Ryan Louie”. ITSP Magazine. March 17, 2020.
https://www.itspmagazine.com/in-the-news-1/working-from-home-lets-talk-about-it-a-conversation-with-katie-nickels-karen-worstell-and-dr-ryan-louie

Video: Interview with Ethan Bresnahan of CyberSaint Security. RSA Conference 2020. February 25, 2020. San Francisco, California. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cybersaint_liveatrsac-follow-rsac-activity-6638579168101576704-g6OF

Video: “Welcome to RSAC 2020! Insights from Ryan Louie”. Facebook Live. RSA Conference 2020. February 24, 2020. San Francisco, California. https://www.facebook.com/rsaconference/videos/2534442450016275/

Podcast: “Mission Critical With Karen Worstell | Episode IX | Dr. Ryan Louie”. ITSP Magazine. February 21, 2020. https://www.itspmagazine.com/mission-critical-posts/mission-critical-with-karen-worstell-episode-ix-ryan-louie

Blog: “Mental Health for Hackers: Contents Under Pressure” by Chloé Messdaghi. Tripwire. February 18, 2020.
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-awareness/events/mental-health-hackers-under-pressure/

Blog: “Cyber stress: in the firing line” by James Hayes. Cyber Security Europe. January 2, 2020.
https://www.cseurope.info/cyber-stress-in-the-firing-line/

Podcast: “Is Telemedicine The Future Of Health Care? A Psychological And Sociological Point Of View | With Dr. Ryan Louie”. ITSP Magazine. July 7, 2019.
https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/is-telemedicine-the-future-of-health-care-a-psychological-and-sociological-point-of-view-with-dr-ryan-louie

Blog: “Why People Who Protect Others Need to be at Their Best; Tackling Mental Health in Cybersecurity [Q&A with Dr. Ryan Louie, MD, Ph.D.]”. Bricata. April 23, 2019.
https://bricata.com/blog/mental-health-cybersecurity/

Podcast: “Let’s Talk About Psybersecurity, With Dr. Ryan Louie”. ITSP Magazine. April 3, 2019.
https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/lets-talk-about-psybersecurity-with-dr-ryan-louie

Video: “Monday Update | ITSPmagazine Updates From RSA Conference San Francisco 2019”. ITSP Magazine. March 4, 2019. https://vimeo.com/321425343

Podcast: “Chats On The Road To RSAC 2019 | Cybersecurity Starts With Mental Security | With Ryan Louie”. ITSP Magazine. February 15, 2019. https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/chats-on-the-road-to-rsac-2019-cybersecurity-starts-with-mental-security-with-ryan-louie

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