ABOUT HUMAN RISKS
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Aalborg, Denmark, we build EU-hosted security risk management and business continuity software for organisations where physical assets matter. We are ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified by the British Assessment Bureau. Today we serve customers across multiple industries, at more than 7,500 sites worldwide.
Our story
Human Risks was founded by industry leaders to help organisations become more resilient. Since 2016, we have been providing professionals in companies like HSBC, GSK, IKEA and Crane Currency with scalable security risk and continuity solutions.
Our experience working with some of the world's biggest companies across shipping, finance, pharma, manufacturing and more, has given us a deep understanding of the challenges and needs facing security risk professionals and departments across different industries.
We use this expertise to create a software platform built for managing security risk, replacing spreadsheets, emails and disconnected systems, so teams can scale resilience across their organisations.
Certified and Secure
Certified against ISO 27001 & ISO 9001, including regular audits from the British Assessment Bureau. Built, operated and hosted in European data centres with full control over terms, encryption and data governance.
Mads Pærregaard
Mads Pærregaard is an international security expert with extensive experience leading security teams. After serving in the Danish army, he worked as a Regional Security Advisor with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs before moving into senior and C-suite roles in the security industry, including Head of Security & Audit and COO.
Throughout his career, Mads saw firsthand how fragmented data and disconnected processes made it difficult for organisations to gain a complete view of their security risks. In 2016, he founded Human Risks to create a digital platform that supports organisations throughout the entire enterprise security risk management (ESRM) process.
Mads holds a degree from the Royal Danish Military Academy and an MBA with Honours from Henley Business School. He has designed, implemented, and updated ESRM frameworks across multiple industries and previously served as Chair of the ASIS ESRM Steering Committee. He remains active in industry communities shaping the security and resilience profession.
Magnus Josias
Magnus Josias is a technology founder and resilience pioneer specialising in business continuity, operational resilience, crisis management, and security risk management. He brings extensive experience from global resilience programmes.
Magnus was a co-founder of Krizo, where he created a centralised and streamlined crisis response solution. He also built global business continuity capabilities at FUJIFILM, where he developed a Business Continuity Programme across 3 countries and 6 manufacturing sites. With an academic and practitioner's background in Risk and Emergency Management and Computer Science, he combines deep domain expertise with a technology and product mindset.
At Human Risks, Magnus leads the development and commercial strategy for the Business Continuity Management (BCM) offering. He works with customer needs, regulatory requirements, technology, and product development, helping organisations turn resilience from a set of plans and documents into practical, scalable capabilities.
Team
The Human Risks team brings together professionals from across the world with expertise in technology, management, marketing, and security risk management. That range lets us understand the complexities of operating across different markets and environments.
We are here to provide clients with market-leading security risk management software. We bring practical insights and dedicated support to help organisations strengthen their approach to security risk management and build greater resilience across the board.
The Human Risks Timeline
![Human Risks founding, the original idea board]()
2014
After interviews and workshops with security department representatives in large organisations, the Human Risks concept and the first prototype came to life as a part of the CEO & Founder Mads Pærregaard's MBA project.![The Human Risks office in Aalborg]()
2016
We won an RFP for an incident management tool run by shipping giant Maersk, proposing the most comprehensive solution and closing a multi-year deal. Human Risks is founded.![The Human Risks Team, including Magnus Josias and Douglas Gray]()
2017
The Human Risks platform officially launched, and we closed our first customer, Arla Foods.![The Human Risks Team speaking at GSX conference]()
2018
We kept growing. More customers signed, including IKEA, and our team expanded.![Human Risks brainstorming session post-it notes]()
2019 – 2022
We built further capabilities and stronger service, adding customer success management. We signed contracts with HSBC, Medtronic, Crane Currency and more.![The Human Risks Round Table Event]()
2022 –
We grew our business continuity management capabilities and launched our first AI features. We signed contracts with GSK, Securitas, EY and BCG.
Hear from our founder
"Human Risks is everything I wish I'd had when I was a C-suite security member. I spent the past decade building the tool I needed myself, because I knew there must be a better way to manage risk effectively."
