Human Factors in Cybersecurity in 2024 | UpGuard

**Executive summary:** This article explains that human error is the dominant cybersecurity exposure—illustrating definitions, common human-vectored attacks (phishing, social engineering, shadow IT, accidental data sharing, neglected MFA), industry statistics showing a large proportion of breaches involve people, and shortcomings of point-in-time awareness training; it recommends holistic, continuous Human Risk Management (including phishing simulations, social engineering testing, real-time monitoring, and UpGuard’s platform) to better quantify and reduce evolving human cyber risk.