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82% of 2021 Data Breaches Involved Human Error/Misuse
June 28, 2022
Threats and Vulnerabilities > Security Awareness, Phishing, Social Engineering
Speaker Notes
The human element continues to be a major factor contributing to data breaches. Last year, human error/misuse – including stolen credentials, misuse, phishing & errors/misconfigurations were involved in 82% of data breaches.
Source
Verizon, "2022 Data Breach Investigations Report," May 2022Measurement
Chart showing percentage of breaches involving human element 2022.
Methodology
Analysis of 4,110 breaches by Verizon.