Misdirected emails are top cause of UK security incidents

Last updated Dec 30, 2020 0

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) latest report on data security incident trends shows a pronounced uptick in human-activated incidents. Categorised primarily by the ICO as ‘non-cyber incidents’, these are caused by people’s behaviour putting data at risk, with the top three for the Q4 report:

Data emailed to an incorrect recipient
Data posted/faxed to an incorrect recipient
Loss/theft of paperwork or data left in an insecure place

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