It’s time cyber security understood human behavior and acted accordingly

Despite decades of investment in cyber awareness, organizations continue to suffer breaches that don’t stem from technical failures but from predictable human behavior under pressure.

For years, security strategies were centered around building a strong digital perimeter. Firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint protection were designed to create a defensible boundary. Yet today, attackers rarely need to break through those defenses. Often, they now just need to ask for access.

With cloud platforms and SaaS tools now at the heart of most businesses, the idea of a fixed network edge has all but disappeared. The new perimeter resides in identity platforms, collaboration tools, and – most importantly – the everyday decisions of employees.

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