![]() That means that when there is an inevitable data breach anywhere in an individual’s online life, the organisation that employs them is not endangered. The fastest way to cut the odds dramatically is to make sure that every employee uses a unique password for every service and piece of hardware they use or own. For organisations, the only option is to minimise the chances of a successful attack. The truth is that humans will be humans, and data breaches will occur. ![]() It’s simple for IT professionals to give sermons on best cyber practice, but there are few among them (or us) that have never clicked a suspect link in an email or quickly signed up for a service with a previously used or simple-to-brute-force password. The unfortunate reality is that people follow links in phishing emails, share login credentials, and use the same password (or a few variations) for every account they access. ![]() In cybersecurity terms, the human element has much more serious implications, being the cause of 85% of breaches in the protective layers of organisations. ![]() A common joke among IT Helpdesk personnel is to refer to many support issues they encounter as stemming from the “biological interface”, AKA, human error in the use of technology. ![]()
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