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Data Privacy,
Labor/Employment,
Technology

Oct. 19, 2022

Work at home or office, human error still top reason for data breaches

Cyber attacks are also an issue, where the largest number of attacks are launched against professional organizations, including law firms.

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Many predicted that the work-from-home model imposed to combat COVID-19 would create a hacker’s haven, but it turns out that human error is by far the top cause of data breaches and it doesn’t seem to matter where they sit to do their work.

A recent McKinsey report found that almost 60% of Americans work remotely at least one day per week, and 35% are able to work from home five days per week. Despite the trend toward remote work, 26% of I...

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