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Employees to blame for 70 % of corporate data breaches , with 20 % resulting from malicious intent
corporate information had caused a breach at 21 %, up from 12 %, highlighting the increasing need for tighter security in the supply chain .
Just under half ( 48 %) the number of respondents admitted that their company ’ s mobile or remote workers have knowingly exposed data to a breach over the last year , a rise from 29 % in 2022 , while 46 % stated that their remote workers ‘ don ’ t care ’ about security , up from 17 % the previous year .
UK security leaders believe that their organisation ’ s employees are continually exposing sensitive data to the risk of a breach yet are neglecting to take the necessary steps to control the risks . This is according to annual research carried out by Apricorn , a leading manufacturer of software-free , 256-bit AES XTS hardwareencrypted USB drives , that found 70 % of corporate breaches are a direct result of employee error or malicious intent .
Of the security decision-makers surveyed , 22 % said employees unintentionally putting data at risk had been the main cause of a data breach at their organisation , with staff being caught out by phishing emails close behind at 21 %. Remote workers specifically had been the catalyst at 26 % of organisations – up from 21 % in 2022 . Worryingly , 20 % said employees with malicious intent had been behind a breach at their company , a rise from 10 % last year . Third parties mishandling
This trend was echoed when the respondents were asked about the main problems they faced with implementing a cybersecurity plan for remote and mobile working . The biggest issue – which 28 % are struggling with – is lack of awareness among employees of the risks to data when working away from the office . Also high on the list is the fact that staff who are aware of security risks will still take action that results in data being exposed or lost ( 23 %).
UK organisations wasting £ 10.4 billion a year on developer toil
UK enterprises risk falling behind in their Digital Transformation drive and not making the best use of the talents of their most skilled staff by failing to optimise the developer experience , according to Harness , the Modern Software Delivery Platform company . In fact , developers only spend around 52 minutes per day coding due to high levels of manual toil and other distractions in their roles . This can hamper organisations ’ ability to innovate , frustrating developers and comes at a high price . Harness calculates that UK businesses are inadvertently wasting over £ 10.4 billion each year as developers manually carry out routine operations tasks that could be automated . These tasks include unnecessary scripting , manual deployments , inefficient testing processes and responding to a variety of security issues across the Software Development Life Cycle ( SDLC ).
“ We are facing a developer experience crisis ,” said Nick Durkin , Field CTO at Harness .
“ Repetitive tasks such as the maintenance of unnecessary scripts , repetitive manual testing and waiting times for builds to complete , are keeping organisations ’ best developers from the critical work of coding . This toil is driving huge inefficiencies across the Software Development Life Cycle ( SDLC ), minimising the impact of developer talent and stalling critical Digital Transformation projects . It could even lead to burnout or push an organisation ’ s most skilled resources to seek more engaging roles with another employer . Organisations must act now to improve the developer experience , empowering them to do what they do best ; turn ideas from concept to reality .”
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