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In 2024, human risk overtook technology gaps as the leading cybersecurity challenge, with insider threats, credential misuse, and user-driven errors driving most breaches. Despite heavy investment in technology, attackers are increasingly exploiting the human layer through AI-powered phishing and collaboration tool vulnerabilities, resulting in larger, costlier incidents. Mimecast’s State of Human Risk 2025 report reveals that two-thirds of security leaders expect a human-linked attack to impact their business in 2025. Regional insights from the Middle East highlight 62% citing low employee awareness, 48% pointing to staff burnout, and 24% reporting monthly insider data loss. The findings emphasize that effective cybersecurity now depends on managing and mitigating human risk—the most unpredictable element in the digital defense chain.