Most common ways employees can cause a data breach worldwide 2022

According to 35 percent of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) from worldwide organizations, an employee or a so-called compromised insider that might inadvertently expose their credentials, giving cybercriminals access to sensitive data, was the most common cause of a data breach. A further 33 percent thought a malicious insider, who would intentionally steal the information would most likely cause a data breach in their organization in the next 12 months.

Most common ways for employees to cause a data breach in worldwide organizations in the next 12 months as of March 2022

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

February 22 to March 8, 2022

Number of respondents

1,400 respondents

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Chief Information Security Officers (CISO)

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Data loss: in what way do you think your employees are most likely to cause a data breach or exposure in your organization in the next 12 months, if at all?"

According to the source, respondents represent organizations of 200 employees or more across different industries in 14 countries: U.S., Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan and Singapore. The survey involves 100 respondents from each country.

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