Fake It Till You Detect It: Live Deepfakes, Detection Gaps, and the Human Risk Management Response

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Presented at BSides Bristol 2026 by

Cissp

James Mcquiggan

Your screen is lying to you. The question is whether you know it yet. In this session, James McQuiggan (CISSP, Founder and Advisory CISO, Apparent Security) shares the issue of the gap between creation and detection is not theoretical. It is the current attack surface being used against your users, your executives, and your hiring pipelines right now. It's important to understand what actually closes that gap: human resistance, behavioral detection signals, and a practical human risk management framework that works when the technology and detection tools don't. Synthetic media is not the future threat. It's important to be aware of the tools available, the countermeasure, and the layer that outlasts both.