Information security is constantly evolving, together with the technology and the society. In this talk Dr. Bin Mai from Texas A&M University briefly discusses the several significant stages of information security evolution, and the factors that necessitate those stages. Furthermore, Dr. Mai discusses the emerging trend in information security evolution’s next significant stage, which he terms “Human-Centric Information Security”. Dr. Bin Mai is currently a faculty member in Department of Education Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. He’s the Coordinator of the department’s Technology Management degree program. Dr. Mai’s main research interests focus primarily on the analytical, empirical and behavioral investigations of Information Technology Management (ITM) / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in general, and of information security (InfoSec) and data privacy in particular, and has published widely in these fields. Dr. Mai has recognized the emerging significant trends in IT industry of increasing emphasis on human elements in information security and privacy, and firmly believes, and whole-heartedly anticipates, the necessary shift to a more human-centric paradigm in studying information security and privacy, both in academic researches, as well as in education curriculum design. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx