Employees are the biggest security risk – not hackers

TVS News AI, editorially supervised, presents Employees are the biggest security risk – not hackers.

According to a survey cited by tech magazine t3n, the biggest threat to companies' IT security isn't external hackers – it's their own employees. That may sound surprising at first, but it's hardly news to security experts.

Fraud is often deliberately built on human error.

Why humans remain the weakest link

Fraud schemes are deliberately built on human error – the actual weak point isn't in the code, but at the screen, where emails, links, and attachments get opened. That's where it's decided day-to-day whether an attack fizzles out or brings the entire company to a halt.

Budget is lagging behind the threat

It sounds contradictory: the experts know where the danger lies, but apparently can't invest enough to close the gap. According to the report, the available budget doesn't reflect the growing risks. For you as an employee, this means: even if your company is technically well-equipped, residual risk remains – as long as IT security budgets don't keep pace with growing risks.

You can find more details in the original article at t3n.