Towards Modeling Cybersecurity Behavior of Humans in Organizations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08484v1
• Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:19:53 GMT
• Title: Towards Modeling Cybersecurity Behavior of Humans in Organizations
• Abstract summary: We argue that as AI systems increasingly act as autonomous agents within organizations and based on natural language processing, they also exhibit vulnerabilities analogous to human behavioral risks.<n>We propose that this human-centric model offers a blueprint for developing additional security strategies against manipulation attacks targeting AI agents.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We undertake a comprehensive and structured synthesis of the drivers of human behavior in cybersecurity, focusing specifically on people within organizations (i.e., especially employees in companies), and integrate key concepts such as awareness, security culture, and usability into a coherent theoretical framework. This model is then compared with several relevant behavioral models that fundamentally represent drivers of human behavior. Additionally, we discuss how this theoretical framework can help the domain of agentic AI security: We argue that as AI systems increasingly act as autonomous agents within organizations and based on natural language processing, they also exhibit vulnerabilities analogous to human behavioral risks. Consequently, we propose that this human-centric model offers a blueprint for developing additional security strategies against manipulation attacks targeting AI agents.

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