Research shows that employees are often the root cause of business security breaches. More training will help, but better security will require cultural change. More than 40% of senior executives and small business owners report that employee negligence or accidental loss was the root cause of their most recent data security breach. 96% of consumers view employee negligence as at least a minor contributor to data breaches at US companies.
Source: More than 40% of reported security breaches are caused by employee negligence – TechRepublic