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Topic: human-risk

awarenessWe Finally Have a Flawless Security Culture Action Plan

The SANS 2026 security culture action plan is barely about content. A CEO and board member on why that means rewriting your awareness strategy and bringing the SOC closer to employees.

bdeThe 5 Biggest Human Risks in Cybersecurity - and Why #5 Is Ignored

In the 2026 SANS Security Awareness & Culture Report, more than 1,700 practitioners named the risks they are focusing on, and social engineering came out on top at 77%. The fifth risk on the list gets no section of its own, and that is exactly the one I want to talk about.

bdeWhy the Employee Has to Become Part of the Security Stack

AI is pushing cyber defense to machine speed, but the answer is not to remove people from the equation. It is to treat the human layer — the judgment, decisions and reports of employees — as part of the security stack.

pressBehavioral Defense Engineering: Cyberdise in itbusiness.ch

Swiss IT publication itbusiness.ch has featured Cyberdise, and the headline says it all: cyber defense begins with behavior. Its June 2026 article argues that security awareness training alone no longer protects organizations.

bdeThe Next Giant Leap: Why It Is Time to Redefine Human Cybersecurity

Cyberdise is moving from traditional security awareness to Behavioral Defense Engineering (BDE). Employees already know phishing is dangerous, yet under the pressure of daily business they still click: the issue is not a lack of knowledge, it is a behavioral gap.

human-riskThe Three Reasons Why Employees Get Hacked

Nearly half of all successful cyberattacks start with a negligent employee. Search engines will tell you it comes down to phishing, weak passwords and careless data handling. Look closer and all three say the same thing: this is about people.

human-riskWhat is Behavior-Oriented Cybersecurity Awareness?

Behavior-oriented awareness measures success by observable change in risk behavior, not by knowledge completion, positive feedback scores or course consumption. It treats employees as human decision systems – not as information storage units.