Report by KnowBe4
From Agentic Risk to Human Win: Building a Culture of Security in the Era of Agentic AI
Key Findings
Over a third of employees commonly source their own agentic AI tools when options are unavailable or restrictive.
42% of cybersecurity leaders identify AI-enabled attacks as a key driver of future human-related cybersecurity risks.
86% of employees say deepfake content is so realistic that it is harder to know what to trust.
58% of cybersecurity leaders say mistakes during everyday work have had the greatest impact on their organization’s cybersecurity in the past 12 months.
19% of cybersecurity leaders report their organizations have an integrated and culture-embedded approach in place to manage human-related cybersecurity risk.
58% of cybersecurity leaders report that AI agents are already taking actions within organizational workflows.
52% of organizations report their use of AI is unapproved or ungoverned.
64% of employees say it is possible that they could be tricked by AI-enabled attacks.
89% of employees say they feel safe reporting mistakes in organizations that prioritize cybersecurity as a culture.