Human Risk Consulting GmbH
Simulate. Educate. Secure

Technology protects systemsWe protect people

We build security culture in a rapidly evolving threat landscape through penetration tests, awareness education and security strategies.

Pentesting and awareness
Services

Identify security gaps. Build resilience

Pentesting

Identify human weaknesses

We act as highly specialised threat actors and test your organisation across every human attack vector: physical access, phone manipulation and digital deception. Whether overcoming access systems, targeted vishing or precise remote attacks by email and chat, we test under realistic conditions before a real attacker does.

Security Culture

Establish awareness of modern forms of attack

Awareness campaigns and targeted training not only support compliance with regulatory requirements such as NIS2, they are also indispensable for your corporate security. Prepare your employees systematically for modern attack vectors with our awareness solutions.

Intelligence & Technical

Security beyond the human factor

Intelligence-grade threat analysis and technical penetration tests, delivered together with our closely affiliated partners, to protect your organisation and your people proactively.

From the field

Identify security gaps

Skyline of a large cityPentesting

Your team gets a call. Who hangs up?

67%of employees disclose security-critical information or are led to critical actions when faced with professional vishing
4 minaverage time until manipulation succeeds
92%of our tests go undetected by the targets

Technical safeguards alone are not enough. Only a realistic vishing test shows whether your people and processes hold up when it counts.

3,500+vishing calls carried out12+industries covered48hto the full report
Vishing Pentest
Two people with visitor badges in a car parkPentesting

We get in. Before an attacker does.

Top 5Physical intrusion attempts rank among the top threats in the current threat landscape
3–10 minaverage time until unauthorised access is gained
83%of our tests reach the defined protection targets

Access controls, cameras and badges are not enough. Only a realistic test shows whether your safeguards hold up when it counts.

250+physical pentests carried out12+industries covered4 daysto the full report
Physical Pentest
People in a meeting, as a double exposureSecurity Culture

Your employees are the target. We make them the defence.

Majorityof German companies have no documented awareness strategy
68%of security incidents involve the human factor
< 1/3of employees take part in awareness training voluntarily

Standard awareness training does not change these numbers. Our Human Risk Management does.

450+projects delivered30+organisations supported~89%detection rate after a campaign
Human Risk Management
Security in times of crisis

Security in a time when trust becomes the attack surface

In times of crisis, people become the most critical factor in the security chain, and at the same time the least protected. This is exactly where we come in.

We do not simply prepare organisations for compliance audits. We prepare them for reality.

Why we do what we do, and how.

Values & ethics
Holistic security

Security without compromise

Modern attackers do not think in silos. They combine digital manipulation with personal deception and move seamlessly between cyber and physical attack vectors. That is why we do not look at security in isolation either: together with selected partners who share our understanding of quality and values, we cover the entire spectrum:

Corporate intelligence

Proactive threat pictures instead of reactive damage control: strategic early warning for executive management and the board.

Human weak link

Recognise risks from within, whether deliberate or accidental. We identify and address potential threats caused by and to your employees.

Supply chain & ecosystem integrity

Your security perimeter ends at your last service provider. Critical assessment of indirect threats and dependencies.

Nation-state attack simulation

Full-spectrum attack simulation across all security domains, physical, digital and human, to uncover exactly the weaknesses a highly specialised threat actor would exploit.

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References

No public references. Out of respect for the discretion and trust of our clients.

We have ourselves physically tested on a regular basis [...]. Usually the testers do not get far, because our entrance control is good. The HRC team made it into the control room area after about 20 minutes without anyone approaching them. [...] That changed our internal discussions in one go.
— CSO
Certification

Human Risk Manager | TÜV Rheinland certified training

45 teaching units. One certificate. A career leap for security professionals and those who want to become one.

Human Risk Manager (TÜV)
Satellite dish in a landscape
Next step

Let’s talk

A first conversation to get to know each other, clarify questions and get a first impression.