There is quite the lack of honesty, when it comes to communicating what will happen to a lot of jobs, both blue and white collar ones. It is understandable though. The messenger of bad news gets always hanged first.
As for the lack of security, not all of it is a lack of awareness. Good security is expensive and may be out of reach for small companies. Close your eyes and hope for the best...
Best advice you can give is tell someone they'll need to embrace change. But that is hard for a lot of people. No easy way out of that one.
Yes I would agree; resistance to change is the toughest one.
Txs.