HRM-CORE-08Term
Risky behavior
An observed action or omission that raises a person's exposure to a breach scenario: clicking a lure, reusing a password, moving data in bulk, disabling protection. Risky behavior signals carry the polarity 'risky'.
Example
An engineer pastes customer records into a personal AI chat; the data-handling signal fires and the person moves to Stage 2.
Also called
4How analysts, standards and vendors name the same idea.
- security behaviorCybSafeSebDB maps everyday security behaviors to real-world risks in ten categories.
- risky security behaviorKnowBe4
- behaviorLiving SecurityObserved actions that affect human risk.
- ErrorVerizon VERISAnything done, or left undone, incorrectly or inadvertently.
Sources
4Related terms
5"Risky behavior" (HRM-CORE-08), Human Risk Management Framework v2.0.0, Living Security, CC BY 4.0. https://www.humanriskmanagement.com/taxonomy/terms/risky-behavior
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