{"id":45043,"date":"2024-05-12T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=45043"},"modified":"2024-05-12T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:42:09","slug":"employee-errors-still-predominant-cause-of-data-breaches-verizon-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/employee-errors-still-predominant-cause-of-data-breaches-verizon-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee errors still predominant cause of data breaches: Verizon Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the latest 2024 Verizon Data Breach Report<\/a> (DBIR), it has been revealed that employee errors remain the predominant cause of data breaches, responsible for 49% of incidents in the EMEA region. These breaches often stem from “miscellaneous errors, system intrusion, and social engineering,” which collectively account for 87% of all breaches. Despite the public’s focus on sophisticated cyber-attacks, such as those exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities, the report highlights that the majority of breaches are initiated by non-malicious human actions, like simple mistakes or susceptibility to social engineering tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n

While accidental breaches predominate, the report also notes a concerning increase in incidents involving zero-day exploits, which now represent 14% of all breaches globally. This uptick is significantly attributed to high-profile attacks like the MOVEit cyberattack, where ransomware group Cl0p exploited vulnerabilities to steal vast quantities of sensitive data. This serves as a reminder of the critical importance of ongoing employee training and the implementation of robust cybersecurity measures to mitigate both internal and external threats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the latest 2024 Verizon Data Breach Report (DBIR), it has been revealed that employee errors remain the predominant cause of data breaches, responsible for 49% of incidents in the EMEA region. These breaches often stem from “miscellaneous errors, system intrusion, and social engineering,” which collectively account for 87% of all breaches. Despite the public’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,9,215],"tags":[275,243],"class_list":["post-45043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-todays-news","category-top-stories","tag-top-story","tag-verizon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45045,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45043\/revisions\/45045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}