Human risk management is becoming a practical measure of enterprise security.

The old playbook treated employees as the weak link; the new one has to account for people, AI agents and automated decisions moving through the same workflows. That puts cybersecurity company KnowBe4 in a stronger market conversation: not just training users, but helping enterprises measure trust before small mistakes turn into bigger security problems, according to Scott Hebner, principal analyst at theCUBE Research.

“The future of enterprise AI will not be won by the organizations that deploy the most agents,” Hebner said. “It will be won by those that can trust, govern and secure the interaction between humans and agents at scale.”

Tune in to theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, on May 14, for KB4-CON where our analysts explore how KnowBe4 is advancing human risk management through AI-driven training, behavioral analytics and phishing simulation. TheCUBE’s coverage will examine how organizations are turning employees from potential vulnerabilities into active security assets across distributed, compliance-driven environments. (* Disclosure below.)

Human risk management becomes an AI-era security layer

The security conversation is shifting from awareness programs to operational control. Enterprises need to know how people respond when AI-generated threats, automated workflows and sensitive data intersect. That makes human risk management a measurable discipline rather than a compliance exercise, noted Krista Case, principal analyst at theCUBE Research.

“AI is becoming embedded in everyday enterprise workflows, and that is exposing a layer of risk that hasn’t been fully addressed,” she said. “The challenge is less about the technology itself and more about how it interacts with people, data and business processes in real environments. KB4-CON is relevant because it focuses on that intersection, where human behavior and AI-driven actions are starting to overlap in ways that traditional security models were not built to handle.”

The next challenge is confidence. Enterprises cannot scale AI safely if they cannot verify how systems behave, how users respond and how governance holds up when workflows become more autonomous, explained Hebner. Human risk management gives security leaders a way to connect behavior with broader AI governance.

“From our perspective, KB4-CON is important because it sits at the intersection of three major enterprise AI shifts: the rise of AI agents, the weaponization of AI by attackers and the growing need for trusted AI governance,” he said. “My view on AI futures is that trust will become the currency of AI adoption. Enterprises will not scale AI just because the technology is powerful. They will scale AI when they can verify it, govern it, secure it and align it with how humans actually operate.”

TheCUBE event livestream

Don’t miss theCUBE’s coverage of KB4-CON on May 14. Plus, you can watch theCUBE’s exclusive content on-demand after the event.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

We offer you various ways to watch theCUBE’s coverage of KB4-CON, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube channel. You can also get all the coverage from this year’s events on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE podcasts

SiliconANGLE’s “theCUBE Pod” is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, which you can enjoy while on the go. During each podcast, SiliconANGLE’s John Furrier and Dave Vellante unpack the biggest trends in enterprise tech — from AI and cloud to regulation and workplace culture — with exclusive context and analysis.

SiliconANGLE also produces our weekly “Breaking Analysis” program, where Dave Vellante examines the top stories in enterprise tech, combining insights from theCUBE with spending data from Enterprise Technology Research, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

Guests

At KB4-CON on May 14, the human side of cybersecurity gets a much closer look as AI reshapes how risk moves through the enterprise. During the broadcast, theCUBE analysts will talk with industry executives, ecosystem partners and enterprise practitioners about how organizations are advancing human risk management through AI-driven training, behavioral analytics, phishing simulation and real-time user coaching.

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for KB4-CON. Neither KnowBe4, the sponsor of theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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