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title: "The Human Factor: The unspoken threat in cybersecurity - ITProPortal"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/the-human-factor-the-unspoken-threat-in-cybersecurity-itproportal/"
date: "2017-04-20T04:32:55+00:00"
section: "BYOD/Big Data"
tags:
  - "BYOD"
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Cyber Crime"
source: "itproportal.com"
source_url: "http://www.itproportal.com/features/the-human-factor-the-unspoken-threat-in-cybersecurity/"
---

# The Human Factor: The unspoken threat in cybersecurity - ITProPortal

April 20, 2017 · Reported by itproportal.com

> Ever since there have been humans, there have been human errors – and some of them have been whoppers (like the Japanese trader’s “fat finger” trading error that cost his company $600 billion). Doing tasks that they really don’t understand, or mistakenly pushing a button or pulling a lever, people are the root cause of 90% of air traffic control errors, over 50% of factory equipment failures after maintenance, 37% of downtime at pharmaceutical firms, and in one of the biggest flubs of all time, human error nearly destroyed Kansas.

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