Subj : Employees are nearly always to blame for data breaches
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jun 20 2023 16:15:03

Employees are nearly always to blame for data breaches

Date:
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:06:00 +0000

Description:
Remote workers are getting the blame for many company data breaches - more 
needs to be done to secure IT fleets.

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New research has suggested the majority of corporate data breaches (7 in 10) 
are actually the result of employee error, rather than sporadic cyberattacks. 

A study from Apricorn has revealed one in five (22%) of business security 
decision-makers believed employees had unintentionally put company data at 
risk, with a similar figure (21%) believing that workers had fallen victim to 
phishing emails that resulted in the exfiltration of data. 

Similarly, 20% of the security workers surveyed were under the impression 
that employees with malicious intent had been behind a data breach , 
representing a 100% growth compared with last year. Employees putting company 
data at risk 

 Hybrid working , which quickly became the norm amidst the pandemic, has been 
under scrutiny lately not least by Big Tech. As more companies begin to push 
their return-to-office agendas, Apricorn gives them one more piece of 
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Our research indicates businesses dont trust their employees to live up to 
their responsibilities around protecting data. This is particularly the case 
when theyre working remotely, noted Apricon EMEA managing director Jon 
Fielding. 

Almost half (48%) of respondents say that their companys remote or mobile 
workers knowingly exposed data to a breach in the past 12 months, with almost 
as many (46%) not concerned about cybersecurity. 

Fielding continues: Organisations must rebuild a culture that ensures 
everyone has a security-first mindset, wherever theyre working. 

The flexible bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach has been favored by some 
for its cost-cutting potential for businesses, but these are believed to be 
the worst offenders for failure to apply policies and protective measures. 

An estimated 17% of companies do not require approval for workers to use 
their own devices, nor do they apply any controls. A further 15% only 
authorize corporate IT provision, but very few have an effective way to 
police this. 

Fielding calls for an effective balance of flexibility and productivity with 
comprehensive cybersecurity measures, without which companies face a ticking 
time bomb. Boost your cybersecurity with the best firewalls and best endpoint 
protection software



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/employees-are-nearly-always-to-blame-for-data-br
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