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90% of organizations experienced incidents caused by employee mistakes.

PublisherKnowBe4
ReportThe State of Human Risk 2025
Published10 December 2025
TopicsHuman Error, Risk Management

Published by KnowBe4 in The State of Human Risk 2025, 10 December 2025. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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