{"id":6881,"date":"2016-12-16T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6881"},"modified":"2016-11-11T07:56:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:56:35","slug":"security-human-error-leading-cause-of-data-loss-senior-managers-most-culpable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-human-error-leading-cause-of-data-loss-senior-managers-most-culpable\/","title":{"rendered":"Security: Human Error Leading Cause of Data Loss. Senior Managers Most Culpable."},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to cybersecurity at businesses often the weakest link is the employee. \u00a0Many studies have found that mistakes by employees cause the largest number of security and data losses.<\/p>\n

For example, a\u00a0recent study by\u00a0Databarracks<\/a> found that \u00a0human error accounts for about a quarter of all data loss issues at businesses, the number one factor for data loss in businesses. \u00a0Human error has ranked as number one every year since 2008 except in 2014 when hardware failure came up on top.<\/p>\n

Michael Patsalos-Fox<\/a>, Stroz Friedberg CEO , said that “insiders are by far the biggest risk to the security of a company’s sensitive information, whether it’s a careless executive or a disgruntled employee.”<\/p>\n

While\u00a0employees can be blamed for a lot of the problems, what may be most surprising is that senior managers are often the worst offenders. \u00a0A study\u00a0by the University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/a> found that senior managers are twice as likely as other workers to take files with them after leaving a job. \u00a058 percent of senior managers also admit to having accidentally sent sensitive information to the wrong person.<\/p>\n

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When it comes to cybersecurity at businesses often the weakest link is the employee. \u00a0Many studies have found that mistakes by employees cause the largest number of security and data losses. For example, a\u00a0recent study by\u00a0Databarracks found that \u00a0human error…<\/span><\/p>\n

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