Human Error Causing 90% Of Breaches

Large costs are put onto companies that breach data and human error is a big part of these real-world issues with one well-known company attempting to cover up their breach.

IBM Security Services 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index (crn.com)?stated?that 95% of all breaches human error was found to be a major contributing cause.?CYBSAFE?in 2019 found that 90% of all breaches were human error in the UK.

85% of all breaches were due to human error according to?Stanford University?with 43% confirming they have made mistakes that compromised their company's security, with many admitting they wouldn’t come forward in a work environment.

Uber in 2018 got fined for $148 million due to having a criminal gain access to 57 million user accounts and 600,000 drivers they attempted to pay the criminal off giving them $100,000 to keep it secret.

Equifax in 2017 didn’t update their apache framework meaning a known vulnerability was there for months with a fix available. 150 million individuals' financial personal information was breached currently the known cost of this came to a total of $1.4 billion.

Due to the size and variation of businesses, there are inherently more risks around human error based on the volume of individuals with access. However, the access and position of an individual is also a key issue around human error.