New KnowBe4 Report Finds Key Gaps in African Industries on Cyber Defences

The survey uncovers a mismatch between perception and reality: what employers believe is not necessarily what employees feel or experience. In key growth industries across the continent, cybersecurity preparedness and the actual structures needed to support secure behavior seem misaligned.

The KnowBe4 Africa Human Risk Management Report 2025 provides a glimpse into human cyber risk that reflects the real challenges – and overlooked opportunities – facing African organisations.

The report (https://apo-opa.co/45TKgqm) captures insights from cybersecurity decision-makers across 30 African countries. The survey uncovers a mismatch between perception and reality: what employers believe is not necessarily what employees feel or experience. In key growth industries across the continent, cybersecurity preparedness and the actual structures needed to support secure behavior seem misaligned.

The report highlights, for instance, that just 10% of cybersecurity leaders are fully confident that staff would report a phishing attack or other cyber threat, despite rating employee security awareness of cyber threats at four out of five or higher. Furthermore, a significant perception gap exists between decision-makers and general employees in Africa regarding security awareness training, with 68% of leaders believing that training is tailored to roles, compared to only a third of employees feeling adequately trained.

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The report concludes with a roadmap for turning awareness into action – including role-specific training, measurable outcomes, AI policy development and better reporting structures.