When business leaders think about cybersecurity and data protection, they often picture outside attackers forcing their way in. In reality, most security incidents begin much closer to home. They start with unclear expectations, inconsistent processes, and simple human error. Instead of a sophisticated breach, the root cause is often confusion about what is allowed, what […]
Most employees are not trying to bypass rules or take shortcuts for the wrong reasons. They are trying to get their work done. Across many organizations, leaders are discovering a growing gap between how work is designed to happen and how it actually happens day to day. The disconnect is not driven by bad intent. […]
For a long time, data protection was a privacy issue. If something went wrong, it was framed as a technical failure, a regulatory matter, or an inconvenience that could be patched and moved on from. Today, data exposure is being understood as a source of real-world harm, and as courts, regulators, and plaintiffs’ attorneys catch […]
The vast majority of security incidents involve human errors. Your data is vulnerable to many security risks, but there is one method that remains extremely effective. It shows the role employees play when you reduce your data security efforts. This is the phishing scam. This scam is a legitimate e-mail that asks the reader to […]
Human error isn’t news making, but it is a serious threat to every business. There are training efforts that can go a long way to helping employees learn how to handle passcodes, identify phishing scams, and be on the lookout for security threats.