9 Internal Data Breach Examples to Learn From

In the past year, 82% of data breaches involved the human element, according to Verizon.

From disgruntled employees committing sabotage to innocent mistakes, humans are one of your organization’s greatest information security risks. In fact, a shocking amount of high-profile data breaches in recent years have occurred because of employee behaviors. 

While it’s crucial for information security pros to understand human vulnerabilities, the root cause of data breaches isn’t always as simple as human action. In many cases, a combination of technical, policy, and human failures can contribute to an incident with data loss.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Cimcor Blog authored by Jacqueline von Ogden. Read the original post at: https://www.cimcor.com/blog/8-examples-of-insider-internal-caused-data-breaches