KnowBe4 Research Reveals Senior Managers in Singapore are Twice as Likely to Comply With an AI-Cloned CEO Voice

SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- SICW/GovWare – KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both humans and AI agents, today released its new research, "Would You Know Your CEO's Real Voice? Singapore's Growing Deepfake Vulnerability," during Singapore International Cyber Week and GovWare. As AI-generated voice cloning and deepfake technology make it increasingly difficult to distinguish genuine communications from sophisticated impersonation, the research finds that Singapore workplaces face a dual challenge: employees may hesitate to question senior leaders, while those at the top of the organisation can be overconfident in their ability to spot a fake.

The report, based on a Censuswide survey of 500 Singapore-based office workers, finds that more than a third (36%) would not be confident distinguishing a genuine message from their CEO from one generated using AI, such as through voice cloning or deepfake technology. That uncertainty collides with a workplace culture where challenging a senior leader still carries a real social cost, and the research points to two distinct vulnerabilities: fear among junior and middle-tier staff, and overconfidence among senior managers, the group most likely to comply with a deepfake.