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US Lawmakers Ask for Clarity Over Yahoo! Mass Email Surveillance ISACA, CynjaTech Team on Cyber-Awareness Training Game for Kids NYU Names Finalists for High School Cyber-Games Euro Bank Robbers Blow Up 492 ATMs Certificate Snafu Forces Global Sites Offline News Topics Features Webinars White Papers Events & Conferences Directory Search Infosecurity Magazine Home » Blogs » It Shouldn't Matter how Many USBs are Lost 27 Jan 2016 Blog It Shouldn't Matter how Many USBs are Lost Norman Shaw Founder and CEO of ExactTrak Recent research at the beginning of this year claimed that 22,000 USBs are left in Dry Cleaners every year. With ample research to suggest that human error is the biggest cause of data breaches, http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450297535/Human-error-causes-more-data-loss-than-malicious-attacks we have to ask, if this is really surprising? The proliferation of data loss stories in the media proves that the problem of human error, or indeed, human nature, isn't going anywhere so isn't it time that enterprises woke up, smelled the coffee and invested in technologies that protect itself from its employees? How many USBs lost? The USB research, by internet security firm ESET found that on average, four USBs are left in dry cleaners every year, http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/blogs/it-shouldnt-matter-how-many-usbs/ equating to 22,266 USBs nationwide. Devices were only returned to their rightful owners 45% of the time. There were more amusing things leftsuch as viagra, condoms, and dentures, but these are significantly less likely to breach your corporate network. Nevertheless, it shows human nature's propensity to make mistakes. Human error is the number one cause of data breaches There is broad agreement within the industry that human error is the cause of most data breaches. The IT Policy Compliance Group says 75% of ALL data loss is due to human error. The Aberdeen Group says 64%, CompTIA said 52% of the root cause of security breaches are caused by human error and most recently, Databarracks said the top cause of data loss was employee accident (24%). Protect yourself from your employees As it is human nature to make mistakes, and those mistakes are very clearly the top cause of data breaches, enterprises need to start protecting themselves from human error. They need to put themselves in a position where it doesn't matter how many mistakes are made, or USBs get lost. To do this, they need both the right technologies and the right culture. The kinds of technology that can help Opting for technology solutions which includes location tracking means that the lost USB can often be found after a loss. Location tracking technology also allows the enterprise to limit access o
PCs Phones Printers Ultrabooks Blogs Viruses Cameras Components Computer Accessories Consumer Advice Displays E-readers Flash Drives Graphics Cards Hard Drives Home Theater http://www.pcworld.com/article/129736/article.html Input Devices Keyboards Laptop Accessories Mobile Networking Operating Systems Optical Drives Processors Servers Smartwatches Streaming Services Storage Tablets Windows Privacy Encryption Antivirus Home Security Human Error http://www.databarracks.com/company/news/a,human-error-still-the-leading-cause-of-data-loss-for-uk-organisations,227.html Causes Most Data Loss, Study Says Comments By Tash Shifrin, IDG News Service Mar 12, 2007 8:00 AM Human error accounts for three-quarters of incidents where human error sensitive data is lost, new research has revealed. A report from the IT Policy Compliance Group says a fifth of organizations are hit by 22 or more sensitive data losses a year, with customer, financial, corporate, employee and IT security data going missing because it is stolen, leaked or destroyed. It human error data reveals that user error is responsible for half of all sensitive data losses, with policy violations -- either deliberate or accidental- accounting for another 25 percent. The main channels through which data is lost -- in order of risk -- are PCs, laptops and mobile devices, email, instant messaging, applications and databases. The report also notes that businesses are seeing an 8 percent loss of revenue and a similar loss of customers in the wake of publicly reported data breaches, while notifying customers and restoring data costs another $73 per customer record. Jim Hurley, managing director of the IT Policy Compliance Group, said: "Failing to protect IT security and regulatory audit data is like a bank giving away the combination to the vault. Instead of securities and cash, these firms are putting sensitive data, customers, revenues and business futures entirely at risk." The report suggests that organization should identify the most sensitive busines
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