Employee error – the main risk factor in information security

Businesses too often concentrate on technological solutions and ignore the main cause of information security breaches – human error. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), who produce an annual study of information security and the workforce, says that a level of complacency may be setting in.

The study suggests that people were responsible for almost 60% of information security breaches over the past 12 months, compared to 47% in the previous year.

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