New Report Reveals Just 10% Of Employees Drive 73% Of Cyber Risk

Austin, United States / TX, July 21st, 2025, CyberNewsWire

Living Security, the global leader in Human Risk Management (HRM), today released the 2025 State of Human Cyber Risk Report, an independent study conducted by leading research firm Cyentia Institute.

The report provides an unprecedented look at behavioral risk inside organizations and reveals how strategic HRM programs can reduce that risk 60% faster than traditional methods.

Drawing on behavioral data from more than 100 enterprises and hundreds of millions of user events, the study offers a first-of-its-kind, data-driven map of where cyber risk actually lives in the workforce and how leading organizations are shrinking it.

The report confirms a long-suspected but rarely proven reality: a small fraction of employees (just 10%) are responsible for 73% of risky behavior.

According to the findings, it’s clear that protecting the enterprise in 2025 means managing people, not just systems.

“Security teams have always known ...