1% of users are responsible for 88% of data loss events

2024-03-20 05:00

While organizations are investing in Data Loss Prevention solutions, Proofpoint's report shows that those investments are often inadequate, with 85% of surveyed organizations experiencing data loss in the past year.

"Careless, compromised, and malicious users are and will continue to be responsible for the vast majority of incidents, all while GenAI tools are absorbing common tasks-and gaining access to confidential data in the process. Organizations need to rethink their DLP strategies to address the underlying cause of data loss-people's actions-so they can detect, investigate, and respond to threats across all channels their employees are using including cloud, endpoint, email, and web."

Proofpoint data shows that 1% of users are responsible for 88% of data loss events.

These findings indicate that organizations must prioritize best practices such as using data classification to identify and protect business-critical data and the "Crown jewels," as well as monitoring people with access to sensitive data or admin privileges.

"Strategies such as implementing purpose-built DLP platforms can help advance security programs by enabling security teams to gain full user and data visibility into all incidents and address the full spectrum of human-centric data loss scenarios.

Humans are a critical data security variable-and data loss prevention programs must recognize this.

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