Data disasters resulting from cyberattacks and ransomware dominate news headlines. However, the most consistent and costly threats are actually caused by human error ...

Automating routine processes allows staff to concentrate on essential security operations that require judgment. Tasks like analyzing threat intelligence or conducting manual updates no longer consume ...

In February 2020, two firefighters died after running out of air during a search in a library. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report listed not only tactical inefficiencies ...

A new report from Splunk, "The Hidden Costs of Downtime," analyzes the impact of downtime on organizations and highlights the role simple human error often plays in ...

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Jongkil Jay Jeong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Imagine you receive an email from your CEO instructing you to make an urgent wire transfer to a supplier. Since this email is from the C-suite, you immediately take action and make the transfer, never ...

Human error contributed to 95% of data breaches in 2024, driven by insider threats, credential misuse and user-driven errors, according to a new study by Mimecast. A ...

But it's also a problem in the cloud, where human errors that have plagued IT for decades are still causing breaches that show little sign of slowing down. "Human action can compromise security," the ...

It is perhaps the most pressing unanswered question from Los Angeles’ January firestorm: How did officials fail to issue timely evacuation alerts for residents in west Altadena, where all but one of ...

Network outages can often be traced to four error-prone activities: fault analysis and response, configuration changes, scaling and failover, and security policies. You might have been alarmed to read ...