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Sep 2, 2021 · The ‘human factor’ has been recognized as the weakest link in creating safe and secure digital environments – but human intuition may also be the solution to thwarting many cyber threats. Every software or security monitoring system requires human interpretation of alerts.
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- Distribution of Investment in Security/Cybersecurity
- Data Security Education: A Challenge of The Appropriation of Difference
- Molding Human Behavior in Security/Cybersecurity
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Recent reports tell us that investments in security/cybersecurity generally have to do with purchasing and reinforcing infrastructure through new technologies that fine-tune the available capacities of the organization to identify, contain and repel possible attacks or threats designed to compromise information assets. This reality has not varied s...
Research and practice in general insist that people are the most important element in data security, but this is paradoxically the area with the lowest amount of organizational investment in terms of security/cybersecurity. One possible explanation for this tendency lies in the technical and operational priorities of organizations with regard to ma...
Strengthening people’s education in security/cybersecurity inside organizations represents an important step in consolidating a concrete distinction in the protection of data assets. It also creates a scenario for the emergence of that which the organization requires and desires in order to tackle the challenges of reliability and trust that custom...
Analyzing the human factor in data security is not a task that involves the disciplined viewpoint of a profession or a particular reading of a presently available standard. It is instead an exercise that demands moving beyond a mechanistic, limited vision and attempting to configure a homogeneous understanding of people organized around basic norms...
1 “Chain” is defined here as the sequence of connected links that enables a system to function. Its strength is defined in terms of the connection that is least strong. 2 Dreyer, P.; T. Jones; K. Klima; J. Oberholtzer; A. Strong; J. Welburn; Z. Winkelman; “Estimating the Global Cost of Cyber Risk: Methodology and Examples,” Rand Corporation, 2018, ...
In the recent WannaCry ransomware epidemic, the human factor played a major role in making businesses worldwide vulnerable. Two months after the disclosed vulnerabilities had been patched with a new update from Microsoft, many companies around the world still hadn’t updated their systems.
The Human Factors of Cyber Risk. Cybersecurity is a growing problem in our new digital economy with the cost of a data breach up 15% over the last year.
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Jan 27, 2022 · The human factor played a crucial role in the recent WannaCry ransomware epidemic. Equifax, Twitter, Capital One and the US Democratic National Committee incidents were also impacted by human-related data breaches.
Mar 30, 2024 · Article PDF Available. THE HUMAN FACTOR IN CYBER SECURITY. March 2024. Authors: Emmanuel Ogundare. TECHiT. References (23) Abstract. "In the realm of cybersecurity, where digital...
Kaspersky presents a new concept of the Human factor in cybersecurity, which examines those impacting it: non-IT, IT Security staff and decision makers. Adopting a Human Factor 360° model to assess the global cybersecurity landscape.
