Human Risk Assessment: Understand and Reduce Employee Cyber Risk
Identify behavioural risk, benchmark human risk maturity and receive practical recommendations to strengthen employee resilience, reporting behaviour and Microsoft 365 security.
Your Assessment Includes
Eight deliverables that benchmark human risk maturity and guide practical improvement.
Human Risk Maturity Score
A benchmark of your workforce risk maturity across awareness, reporting and behaviour.
Behavioural Analytics Review
Analysis of reporting, click and risk trends across departments and user groups.
Reporting Behaviour Assessment
Evaluation of how employees identify and report suspicious communications.
Department Risk Analysis
Identification of teams with the greatest exposure to phishing and social engineering.
Executive Risk Exposure Review
Assessment of leadership exposure to impersonation, spear phishing and targeted attacks.
Microsoft 365 Behaviour Assessment
Review of employee behaviour across Microsoft 365 collaboration services and identity.
Prioritised Improvement Roadmap
Practical, prioritised actions to strengthen reporting culture and reduce organisational risk.
Executive Summary Report
A clear leadership report outlining findings, maturity and recommended next steps.
What Is a Human Risk Assessment?
A Human Risk Assessment is a structured evaluation of how employee behaviour influences cybersecurity outcomes. Rather than focusing solely on technical controls, it examines how people recognise threats, respond to suspicious activity and interact with security processes.
The objective: identify behavioural risks before they become incidents.
The organisational risk analysis covers:
Attackers target employees because people are often easier to manipulate than technology. Common techniques include:
- Phishing emails targeting all staff
- Business Email Compromise attacks
- Executive impersonation and CEO fraud
- AI-generated phishing content
- QR code phishing (Quishing)
- SMS phishing (Smishing)
Organisations are increasingly treating human cyber risk as a strategic business risk, not just an IT issue.
Who Should Request an Assessment?
The Assessment Process
A clear six-stage workflow from initial enquiry to a practical improvement roadmap.
Book Assessment
Schedule your Human Risk Assessment with our UK team.
Discovery Call
We discuss your environment, objectives and current awareness programmes.
Behaviour Review
A structured review examines reporting, awareness and risk across user groups.
Human Risk Assessment
We benchmark behavioural risk, department exposure and human risk maturity.
Recommendations
You receive prioritised, practical recommendations tailored to your organisation.
Improvement Roadmap
A roadmap guides next steps towards a more resilient workforce.
Assessment vs Security Awareness Training
Assessments measure current behavioural risk. Training improves future behavioural outcomes.
Human Risk Assessment
- Measures behaviour
- Identifies risk
- Benchmarks maturity
- Prioritises improvements
- Provides strategic recommendations
Security Awareness Training
- Improves behaviour
- Builds awareness
- Reinforces good practice
- Supports reporting culture
- Reduces future risk
Behavioural Analytics and Measurement
Modern assessments use behavioural analytics to identify risk patterns and vulnerable user groups, rather than relying solely on training completion rates.
Reporting Rates
Percentage of phishing emails reported by employees.
Click Rates
Baseline measure of phishing susceptibility across teams.
User Risk Scores
Individual and departmental risk levels over time.
Department Risk Trends
Behavioural risk patterns across high-exposure teams.
Repeat Risk Behaviour
Identification of users with recurring risky behaviour.
Behavioural Improvement
Measurable progress in reporting and resilience.
Compliance metrics measure training completion. Behavioural metrics reveal how employees actually respond to threats.
What a Human Risk Assessment Reviews
A comprehensive assessment examines every dimension of human cyber risk, from individual behaviour to organisational culture.
Security Awareness Maturity
Evaluate how effectively employees understand cyber risks and their security responsibilities.
Learn morePhishing Resilience
Assess susceptibility to phishing and social engineering techniques targeting your organisation.
Learn moreReporting Behaviour
Review how employees identify and report suspicious communications to security teams.
Learn moreSecurity Culture
Measure employee engagement with security policies, reporting and awareness initiatives.
Learn moreExecutive Risk Exposure
Assess exposure to executive impersonation, spear phishing and targeted attack campaigns.
Learn moreHigh-Risk Departments
Identify teams with increased exposure to phishing and social engineering threats.
Learn moreMicrosoft 365 Exposure
Review behavioural risks across collaboration tools, including DMARC alignment and SOC visibility.
Learn moreHRM Maturity
Assess how well human risk is measured, managed and continuously improved across the organisation.
Learn moreMicrosoft 365 Human Risk Coverage
The assessment evaluates employee behaviour across Microsoft 365 collaboration services rather than email alone. This includes reporting and interaction patterns across Outlook, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and Microsoft Entra ID, helping you understand workforce risk across the platforms employees use every day.
The Intelligence Feedback Loop
When users identify and report suspicious emails, they contribute intelligence that improves detection, investigation and response.
A continuous improvement cycle: resilience feeds back into awareness.
Human Risk Maturity Model
Your assessment benchmarks current maturity and identifies the next practical steps towards a more resilient workforce.
What Good Human Risk Management Looks Like
Six indicators of a mature, resilient human risk programme.
Strong Reporting Culture
Employees report suspicious emails consistently across the organisation.
Reduced Phishing Susceptibility
Click rates fall as awareness and reporting improve over time.
Behavioural Improvement
Measurable progress in reporting and resilience across user groups.
Executive Visibility
Leadership has clear visibility into human risk metrics and trends.
Continuous Measurement
Human risk is tracked and improved on an ongoing basis.
Lower Organisational Risk
Reduced exposure to phishing, fraud and account compromise.
Mature organisations treat people as an active component of cyber defence, not a weakness.
Why Wise Fish
A UK human risk specialist focused on practical outcomes for Microsoft 365 organisations.
UK Cofense Authorised Distributor
A UK team focused on Cofense-powered phishing defence and human risk.
Microsoft 365 Specialists Partners
Deep understanding of Microsoft 365 collaboration and identity security.
Enterprise Deployment Experience
Experience delivering human risk programmes at enterprise scale.
Outcome-Focused Assessments
Assessments designed to improve resilience, not just report findings.
Behavioural Risk Expertise
Specialists in behavioural analytics and human risk measurement.
Practical Improvement Roadmaps
Clear, actionable guidance tailored to your organisation.
How Cofense Supports Human Risk Assessment
Wise Fish is the UK authorised distributor for Cofense, helping organisations measure and reduce human risk.
Cofense PhishMe
Behavioural analytics to measure reporting, engagement and human risk trends.
ExploreCofense Intelligence
Real-time campaign intelligence to keep simulations aligned with current threats.
ExploreCofense Triage
AI-powered analysis that improves investigation quality and response speed.
ExploreCofense Vision
Threat detection and remediation across Microsoft 365 environments.
ExplorePhishing Reporting
One-click reporting that turns employees into an active intelligence source.
ExploreEmail Threat Protection
Layered defence combining detection, reporting and remediation.
ExploreWise Fish was created by Wise Distribution to help UK organisations better understand modern phishing defence approaches, and how Cofense technologies support them.
Human Risk Assessment FAQs
Request a Human Risk Assessment
Identify behavioural risk, benchmark human risk maturity, improve reporting culture and strengthen organisational resilience, with a structured assessment and practical recommendations.
Behavioural Insights
Gain measurable visibility into employee cyber risk.
Microsoft 365 Focus
Assess workforce resilience across Microsoft 365 collaboration environments.
Practical Recommendations
Receive prioritised actions that strengthen reporting culture and reduce organisational risk.