Organizational personnel cause almost half of worldwide IT security incidents in businesses each year, and 40% of employees involved hide their IT security episodes for fear of employer punishment or blame.
These are some of the revelations from a new report, "Human Factor in IT Security: How Employees are Making Businesses Vulnerable from Within," from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International. It is based on a survey of over 5,000 businesses across the globe.
According to the report, this "hiding" behavior is the biggest challenge for larger-sized businesses, with 45% of enterprises (over 1,000 employees) experiencing employees hiding cybersecurity incidents, 42% of SMBs (50 to 999 employees), and 29% of VSBs (under 49 employees).
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