A seven-laboratory pilot in Morocco found that the most severe cyberbiosecurity gaps were largely operational rather than purely technical. Researchers reported that 86% of the top gaps related to staffing, policies, training, or incident response, pointing to a capacity-and-governance deficit. The result matters for institutions planning to comply with emerging biosafety and biosecurity expectations: technical controls alone are unlikely to close risk if personnel readiness and response frameworks lag. The pilot outcome provides a structured starting point for targeted remediation planning. For biotech operators with distributed lab networks, the next phase will likely focus on measurable improvement in incident response and training coverage, alongside technical hardening.