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1% of users are responsible for 88% of data loss events (www.helpnetsecurity.com)

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Data loss is a problem stemming from the interaction between humans and machines, and ‘careless users’ are much more likely to cause those incidents than compromised or misconfigured systems, according to Proofpoint. While organizations are investing in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions, Proofpoint’s report shows that those investments are often inadequate, with 85% of surveyed organizations experiencing data loss in the past year. More than nine in 10 of those affected faced a negative outcome … More → The post 1% of users are responsible for 88% of data loss events appeared first on Help Net Security.

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[–] yggdar 1 points 10 months ago

I find it strange that they specifically report on that one statistic. Of course most data loss events will be caused by very few people, because data loss events themselves are quite uncommon. They don't say it in the article, but I suspect most of these people only caused one data loss event. If the same people cause many data loss events, that would be worthwhile to publish.