Reducing People-Driven Risk: Practical Steps to Close HR, Cyber, and Compliance Gaps

In 2026, business risk doesn’t live in silos. Hybrid work, rising compliance pressure, workforce strain, and the growing concentration of employee data inside HR systems have expanded the risk surface for small and midsize businesses. Cyber risk and human capital risk are now deeply connected — and most incidents escalate not because tools fail, but because people are overwhelmed, undertrained, or unclear on expectations.

In this session, SensCy CTO Dave Kelly and collabPEO CEO Maria Silamianos discuss how people, culture, and cyber readiness shape real-world risk outcomes inside SMBs. Drawing from firsthand experience across hundreds of organizations, they’ll break down:

• Where people-driven risk hides inside HR processes, policies, and culture
• The most common employee behaviors behind cyber, compliance, and data exposure incidents
• Why HR systems and employee data have become prime targets for bad actors
• What leaders can do in the next 30 days to reduce risk without adding new software