Bridging The Gap: Human Risk In African Cybersecurity
KnowBe4, Friday, July 25th, 2025
Africa's cybersecurity landscape presents a paradox: a widespread belief in preparedness among organisations, although significant blind spots continue to exist, particularly concerning their human layer - their employees.
The KnowBe4 Africa Human Risk Management Report 2025, drawing insights from 124 senior cybersecurity decision-makers across 30 African countries, uncovers several concerns in the continent's cyber readiness.
The Confidence Gap
The report reveals a confidence gap between what leaders perceive about their employees' cybersecurity readiness and the actual reality. While many decision-makers rate employee security awareness highly, their confidence in employees reliably reporting incidents do not align, with only 10% expressing full confidence. This suggests that despite leaders believing their workforce is aware, there's a difference in whether that awareness translates into real-world vigilance and action, pointing to an overestimation of employee readiness.