Human Risk Management: Cybersecurity As A Business Enabler
KnowBe4, Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
Reducing human risk in cybersecurity requires a human-first approach that relies on effective training and practice for people to gain security knowledge, practice secure behavior, and foster a culture of security and mutual support.
While technology and policy must support, enable, and empower good security behavior, it is paramount to always consider a human-centered perspective first. After all, technology and policy only reduce cybersecurity risk if they influence human behavior in the right ways - by encouraging good actions (like reporting incidents) or the behavior they protect from outside influence (e.g. firewalls or email filters).