Fending off cybersecurity breaches from external sources is a difficult task — but when breach problems arise from within an organization, the challenge of protecting information becomes even more difficult. While U.S. government agencies have intensified their use of cybersecurity control technologies, it appears that improved technology will fall short of meeting the security challenge unless the implementation is user-friendly. Half of all agency security breaches were caused by a lack of user compliance, according to a recent survey.
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Federal Cybersecurity Falls Short on User-Friendliness
Posted by: John K. Higgins October 29, 2013 05:00 AMFending off cybersecurity breaches from external sources is a difficult task — but when breach problems arise from within an organization, the challenge of protecting information becomes even more difficult. While U.S. government agencies have intensified their use of cybersecurity control technologies, it appears that improved technology will fall short of meeting the security challenge unless the implementation is user-friendly. Half of all agency security breaches were caused by a lack of user compliance, according to a recent survey.