Human Risk Management Maturity Model

Platform

Unify HRM Platform Overview

Platform

Capabilities

Identify: 360 Degree Human Risk Visibility
Dynamic Data Streams

Human Risk Index & Behavior Scores

Human Intelligence Team (HInT)

Protect: Action on Human Risk at Scale
Automated Nudges

AI-Generated Phishing Simulations

Intelligence-Powered Training

Report: Always-on Adaptive Defense
AI-Guided Risk Mitigation

Workflow Orchestration

Smart Reporting

Featured Resources

Living Security Blog
What Is Human Risk Management? Why Should Cybersecurity Pros Care?
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Living Security Blog
Living Security Webinars | Fireside Chat featuring Jinan Budge
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Living Security Blog
Living Security A Leader in Forrester Wave
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Solutions

Solutions Overview

Solutions

By Role

CISO
Provides CISO’s, executives, and boards a complete picture and prioritization of workforce risk by type, department, location, and more.
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Security Awareness Team
Go beyond training completion and phishing click rates and proactively safeguard your organization from human-induced security incidents.
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GRC
Identify, resolve and track commonly violated policies with granular accuracy to lower risk and improve workforce compliance.
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SOC/IR
Unleash the true potential of your human firewall with data-driven insights and action plans that curb threats before they become incidents.
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By Risk

Training Compliance
Monitor training compliance status for users and segments across the enterprise.
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Phishing & Email
Identify the users most and least at risk to social engineering attacks and protect them.
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Malware & Ransomware
Proactively protect users from malware including viruses, worms, Trojan viruses, spyware, adware, and ransomware.
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Data Loss
Pinpoint when data is at risk of leaving your controlled environment through unauthorized access or malicious intent.
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Identity Threats
Get visibility into the most susceptible users for account compromise and mitigate their risk.
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Products

Products

Products Overview
Transform how your organization approaches Security Awareness and Training by shifting to a proactive HRM approach that creates a strong culture of security.

Living Security Blog
Living Security A Leader in Forrester Wave
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Unify HRM Platform

Establish a proactive security loop.

Security Awareness Training
Interactive compliance training for modern threats.

CyberEscape Online

Put your team in the center of security scenarios

Cybersecurity Awareness Month - OctoberRewired

Create a cyber vigilant workforce in October

Cybersecurity Engagement Training

Go beyond compliance training
Phishing Training
Stop social engineering attacks in their tracks with realistic simulations and training
across phishing, vishing, smishing, and more.
HRM

Human Risk Management Overview

HRM

Human Risk Management: Proactive Security
Human Risk Management (HRM) is the process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with human behavior in relation to an employee's use of technology.
Forrester Wave™: Human Risk Management Report Access The Forrester Wave™: Human Risk Management, Q3 2024 to discover why Living Security is named a leader for reducing human risk with innovative, real-time insights and solutions. HRM Maturity Model
How far is your company along the path to true proactive security?
HRM Buyer's Guide
Your guide to buying the Right Human Risk Management Platform, highlighting the three key elements of a robust HRM platform.
More on Human Risk Management

More on Human Risk Management

Living Security Blog
HRM & Cybersecurity Blog | Living Security
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HRM
Resources

Resources

Resources
Level up on Human Risk Management with a comprehensive collection of webcasts, whitepapers, ebooks, and more.
Blog
Access hundreds of informative blogs with deep dives and best practices relating to the full array of cybersecurity risks we face.
Cybersecurity Webinars
Watch dozens of webinars tackling some of cybersecurity’s biggest challenges featuring thought leaders from leading organizations.
Case Studies
See how a variety of organizations utilize Living Security’s HRM Platform, Training, and Phishing to reduce risk with proactive defense.
Compare Vendors Compare leading Human Risk Management vendors based on differentiators, strengths, and weaknesses.

Partners
Human Risk Management Powered by Partners.
Technology Alliance Program
Extend the value of your offering with HRM.
Partner Support
Unlock your potential with our partner hub.

Living Security Community Share HRM best practices Newsroom Read the latest news on Living Security. Support
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Why Living Security
Establish a proactive security loop.
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A new approach: Change human behaviors to protect organizations from cyber threats

The Human Risk Management Maturity Model has been developed in collaboration with cybersecurity industry thought leaders and practitioners. This model provides security teams guidance on building stronger cyber defenses and boosting resilience. When executed well, human behaviors will improve reducing business risk, and allow the security team to become a true business partner to the rest of the organization. Additionally employees will feel empowered, and cultural change will take place, ultimately leading to a more secure world.

Measuring your journey to true HRM

Engagement is mandate-driven and aligns with meeting compliance requirements en masse.

This is often the stated goal for most security awareness and training programs; however, it is only the beginning for Human Risk Management programs.

As programs mature, workforce engagement expands to targeted efforts focused on specific risks.

For example, a user is enrolled in training after a failed phishing simulation assessment. While this remedial-driven program has expanded beyond annual compliance requirements and often delivers improved, personalized results for each employee, it lacks a strong sense of individualized ownership of an employee’s impact to the security of their organization.

Evangelists arise throughout the organization, personally motivated to improve cyber hygiene.

Users start to take the lead in their own training to “win,” either through acknowledgement (champions programs and leaderboards) or rewards such as swag or paid time off (PTO). These incentives provide the catalyst for personal motivation.

Evangelists arise throughout the organization, personally motivated to improve cyber hygiene.

Workforce engagement is driven by security champions, who become advocates for security initiatives and understand the importance of strong cyber hygiene. Business leaders prioritize cyber-risk conversations, bring awareness to the risks specific to their department or line of business, and even incorporate human risk metrics as part of their performance goals or team objectives.

Increased individualized ownership of security by end users who are invested in the cause, both professionally and personally, is solidified.

Individuals clearly understand the relationship between their actions and the impact on security, and because of this, they attain a greater sense of ownership at work and at home. Programs that get to this stage typically have operationalized Human Risk Management, using data, processes, and/or technology, to truly change human behaviors at scale.

The Human Risk Management Approach Drives Change

A mature Human Risk Management program gives security teams the insights and tools they need to identify key human risks before they escalate into a security event or an incident. It provides users with personalized guidance precisely when needed, and delivers relevant content to build a strong security culture with measurable impact. And by quantifying human risk in all areas of the business, policies are continuously improved.

How to Mature a Program

Compliance is a great first step to managing human behavior. But there’s little to no evidence that training people specifically for compliance purposes reduces risk. Organizations should be doing both. Changing the behaviors of employees is the ultimate goal to improve security posture—not just training engagement or completion.

This requires a new approach and an evolution from today’s security awareness methodology to a Human Risk Management approach. This e-book shares the steps required to take this journey, no matter where you start. Read it now!

Human Risk Management
starts with Living Security

Living Security offers the most advanced and comprehensive Human Risk Management (HRM) platform. In contrast to traditional Security Awareness Training and Phishing campaigns, the Unify HRM Platform natively integrates with dozens of the most popular security tools to illuminate human risk across popular attack methods including malware, phishing, data loss, and identity threats.

In seconds, you have a simple and outcome-oriented view of risk to kick off individualized action or training, without leaving the platform, and that is proven to reduce human-led risk and create a vigilant, cyber-aware culture across all departments and roles within your organization.

Identify

Predict internal risk by integrating data from your existing security tools to identify vigilant and vulnerable members of your workforce across the full spectrum of security risks including identity threats, data loss, malware, phishing, and social engineering.

Protect

Educate and enable the workforce to protect against cyberattacks by initiating policy and training interventions powered by AI recommendations through nudges that accelerate behavior change with step-by-step guidance.

Report

Promote a positive culture of security vigilance. Empower employees, managers, and executives with actionable scorecards that foster a security-conscious culture, boost employee confidence, and drive safer, more vigilant security behaviors.

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Many organizations rely on Security Awareness Training (SAT) and phishing simulations – valuable tools, but limited in scope. Here's where Living Security steps in.

Living Security's Unify platform moves beyond traditional training, offering a data-driven approach to reduce human-led risk and build a culture of cybersecurity awareness. Let's explore how Unify compares to other solutions on the market.

Integrations in to Enterprise Security Tech Stack (Ecosystem Agnostic)

100% objective, data driven insights in to Human Risk

Human Risk Visibility Beyond Email Phishing (Identity, Malware, Data Loss etc.)

Risk Based Interventions with Training Nudges and Policy Change etc.

Slack and Microsoft Teams Integration for Communications

Manager and Employee Scorecards

Comprehensive and Engaging Video Content Library (Compliance + )

Monthly Campaign in a Box (New monthly content + Marketing material)

Cybersecurity Escape Rooms

Phishing Simulations

Phishing Detection and Response (Orchestration)

Integrations in to Enterprise Security Tech Stack (Ecosystem Agnostic)

100% objective, data driven insights in to Human Risk

Human Risk Visibility Beyond Email Phishing (Identity, Malware, Data Loss etc.)

Risk Based Interventions with Training Nudges and Policy Change etc.

Slack and Microsoft Teams Integration for Communications

Manager and Employee Scorecards

Comprehensive and Engaging Video Content Library (Compliance + )

Monthly Campaign in a Box (New monthly content + Marketing material)

Cybersecurity Escape Rooms

Phishing Simulations

Phishing Detection and Response (Orchestration)

Integrations in to Enterprise Security Tech Stack (Ecosystem Agnostic)

100% objective, data driven insights in to Human Risk

Human Risk Visibility Beyond Email Phishing (Identity, Malware, Data Loss etc.)

Risk Based Interventions with Training Nudges and Policy Change etc.

Slack and Microsoft Teams Integration for Communications

Manager and Employee Scorecards

Comprehensive and Engaging Video Content Library (Compliance + )

Monthly Campaign in a Box (New monthly content + Marketing material)

Cybersecurity Escape Rooms

Phishing Simulations

Phishing Detection and Response (Orchestration)

Human Risk Management Maturity Model

A new approach: Change human behaviors to protect organizations from cyber threats

Measuring your journey to true HRM

Engagement is mandate-driven and aligns with meeting compliance requirements en masse.

As programs mature, workforce engagement expands to targeted efforts focused on specific risks.

Evangelists arise throughout the organization, personally motivated to improve cyber hygiene.

Evangelists arise throughout the organization, personally motivated to improve cyber hygiene.

Increased individualized ownership of security by end users who are invested in the cause, both professionally and personally, is solidified.

The Human Risk Management Approach Drives Change

How to Mature a Program

Human Risk Managementstarts with Living Security

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Serving customers across industries

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Human Risk Management
Maturity Model

Human Risk Management
starts with Living Security