Beyond Security Awareness: Why Human Risk Management Is Becoming a Business Imperative
"Security awareness measures what employees know. Human Risk Management measures what employees do." Beyond Awareness: A New Question for Cybersecurity Leaders Cybersecurity awareness programs have never been more mature. Organizations invest heavily in awareness campaigns, phishing simulations, mandatory training, policy acknowledgements, and communication initiatives to strengthen their security posture. Yet human-related security incidents continue to occur. Phishing attacks still succeed. Business Email Compromise (BEC) remains one of the costliest cyber threats. Employees approve fraudulent Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requests. Sensitive information is entered into unauthorized AI platforms. Security controls are bypassed in the name of convenience or productivity. This raises an important question for security leaders. If security awareness programs are successful, why do human-related incidents continue to occur? The answer is not that awareness has failed. On ...