Humans are still the weakest link in information security

According to a new report, more than half of all C-suite executives (53 percent) and 28 percent of small business owners who suffered a data breach say that human error or accidental loss by an external vendor/source was the cause. The annual data protection report from information security service Shred-It also finds 21 percent of executives and 28 percent of small business owners admit deliberate theft or sabotage by an employee/insider was the cause of the data breach. This compares to 43 percent of executives and 31 percent of SBOs who say deliberate theft or sabotage by an external vendor… [Continue Reading]