{"id":35946,"date":"2026-04-17T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudmagazin.com\/2026\/04\/17\/employees-it-security-human-behaviour-risk-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:46:21","slug":"employees-it-security-human-behaviour-risk-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudmagazin.com\/en\/2026\/04\/17\/employees-it-security-human-behaviour-risk-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees in IT Security: Human Behavior as Major Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color:#6190a9;font-size:0.9em;margin:0 0 12px;padding:0\">3 min read<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:0.8em;color:#888;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.08em;margin:0 0 24px;padding:0\">Partner contribution with Net-D-Sign<\/p>\n<hr style=\"border:none;border-top:1px solid #ddd;margin:0 0 2em\">\n<p><strong>Cybersecurity rarely fails today because of missing technology &#8211; it fails at the human factor. A recent study shows: in roughly one third of cybersecurity incidents at German companies, the behaviour of the organisation&#8217;s own employees played a decisive role. According to Kaspersky (2025), 31 percent of cases were enabled by careless actions &#8211; for example, clicking manipulated links or using weak passwords.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f8fbfd;border:1px solid rgba(11,183,253,0.28);border-radius:8px;padding:22px 26px;margin:16px 0 32px 0;\">\n<ul style=\"color:#1a2733\">\n<li>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.de\/about\/press-releases\/faktor-mensch-in-31-prozent-der-faelle-fuer-cybersicherheitsvorfaelle-in-deutschen-unternehmen-verantwortlich\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaspersky (2025)<\/a>, careless employee behaviour enables 31 percent of cybersecurity incidents in German companies.<\/li>\n<li>Firewalls and antivirus tools often stay ineffective when the risk comes from user behaviour &#8211; security leads see the technical attack but not the triggering action.<\/li>\n<li>Net-D-Sign shifts IT security to the point where risk actually emerges: to the employees. A central platform captures security-relevant actions, scores them and triggers automated responses.<\/li>\n<li>The effect: early detection instead of damage control, targeted training instead of blanket measures, measurable security instead of assumptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The implication is clear: employees are already part of the attack surface. Modern security concepts start exactly there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evm-stat evm-stat-highlight\" style=\"text-align:center;background:#004a59;border-radius:12px;padding:32px 24px;margin:32px 0\">\n<div style=\"font-size:48px;font-weight:700;color:#fff;letter-spacing:-0.03em\">31 %<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#fff;font-size:15px;margin-top:8px;max-width:520px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\">of cybersecurity incidents at German companies were enabled by careless behaviour of the organisation&#8217;s own employees.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px;color:#0bb7fd;margin-top:10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.de\/about\/press-releases\/faktor-mensch-in-31-prozent-der-faelle-fuer-cybersicherheitsvorfaelle-in-deutschen-unternehmen-verantwortlich\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#0bb7fd\">Source: Kaspersky, 2025<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The human as weak spot &#8211; and opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>Phishing emails, social engineering, or insecure access to corporate systems: attack strategies target human error by design. Classic security measures like firewalls or antivirus tools are often powerless when risks stem from user behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>The problem: many companies lack transparency about where exactly those risks emerge. Security leads see the technical attacks &#8211; but not the behaviour that enables them.<\/p>\n<h2>Missing transparency prevents effective countermeasures<\/h2>\n<p>In practice, security-critical situations often stay undetected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employees click on suspicious links<\/li>\n<li>Security policies get circumvented or ignored<\/li>\n<li>Risks emerge in everyday workflows &#8211; without central capture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These &#8220;blind spots&#8221; mean companies only react once damage has already occurred. A proactive approach is missing.<\/p>\n<h2>IT security rethought: engage employees actively<\/h2>\n<p>An effective security concept has to start exactly where risk emerges: at employee behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>That means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create visibility for security-relevant actions in day-to-day work<\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness by involving users deliberately<\/li>\n<li>Improve response time before incidents escalate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is exactly the perspective shift Net-D-Sign pursues with its new approach.<\/p>\n<h2>More transparency on human risk<\/h2>\n<p>With its new service, Net-D-Sign deliberately puts employees at the centre of the IT security strategy. The goal: make security-critical behaviour visible and actively manageable.<\/p>\n<p>The solution provides a central platform that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>captures and scores security-relevant user actions<\/li>\n<li>identifies potential risks early<\/li>\n<li>enables automated responses for critical events<\/li>\n<li>documents every incident traceably<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The decisive difference: not only technical threats get analysed, but also the human factors behind them.<\/p>\n<h2>Relevance for companies: from reactive to preventive protection<\/h2>\n<p>Companies benefit from a clear perspective shift:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early detection instead of damage control<\/li>\n<li>Targeted training instead of blanket measures<\/li>\n<li>Measurable security instead of assumptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When employees are treated not only as a risk but as a controllable part of the security strategy, the overall concept becomes significantly more robust.<\/p>\n<h2>IT security starts with people<\/h2>\n<p>The numbers are unambiguous: without the human factor, any security strategy stays incomplete. Companies that actively involve their employees and make their behaviour transparent reduce risks sustainably.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the right moment to question existing processes and rethink them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evm-styled-box\" style=\"background:#f0f8ff;padding:24px 28px;margin:32px 0;border-top:3px solid #0bb7fd;border-radius:0 0 8px 8px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:0.8em;color:#666;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.08em\">Info paper by Net-D-Sign<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-size:1.1em\"><strong>Employee security under control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 16px;color:#444\">More information on Net-D-Sign&#8217;s new service &#8211; including an IT baseline check &#8211; is available directly in the info paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/net-d-sign.de\/mitarbeitersicherheit?utm_source=cloudmagazin&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=mitarbeitersicherheit\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background:#0bb7fd;color:#fff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600\">Open the info paper on net-d-sign.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<details>\n<summary><strong>How large is the share of cybersecurity incidents enabled by employee behaviour?<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 4px 24px;color:#555;line-height:1.6\">According to a Kaspersky study from 2025, employee behaviour plays a decisive role in about one third of cybersecurity incidents at German companies &#8211; in 31 percent of cases, an attack was enabled by careless actions.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Which typical mistakes enable cybersecurity incidents?<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 4px 24px;color:#555;line-height:1.6\">Classic patterns include opening manipulated links and attachments, circumventing or ignoring security policies, and using weak passwords. On top of that come insecure accesses to corporate systems that often go unnoticed in daily work.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Why are firewalls and antivirus tools no longer sufficient?<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 4px 24px;color:#555;line-height:1.6\">Classic security measures secure the technical layer but do not take effect when risks stem from user behaviour. Social engineering and phishing aim directly at human error &#8211; and many companies lack transparency about the behaviour that actually triggered an incident.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><strong>What is the core of the Net-D-Sign approach?<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 4px 24px;color:#555;line-height:1.6\">Net-D-Sign deliberately puts employees at the centre of the IT security strategy. A central platform captures security-relevant user actions, scores them, identifies potential risks early and enables automated responses for critical events &#8211; including traceable documentation.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><strong>What does preventive instead of reactive protection mean in practice?<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 4px 24px;color:#555;line-height:1.6\">Preventive means: early detection instead of damage control, targeted training instead of blanket measures, and measurable security instead of assumptions. 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