Human Error: A Helping Hand for Cyber Criminals

The use of passwords, a fundamentally faulty strategy that was developed many years ago, has been the primary method for securing an organisation’s internal systems and its customers’ accounts for far too long. Despite efforts to provide better, more secure authentication mechanisms, the majority still place the onus on the user.

This includes keeping track of your password, avoiding dangerous phishing sites, not unintentionally disclosing your login information to attackers during a social engineering attack, and resisting the urge to open a malicious push message during a “prompt bombing” attack.

People are more aware of these issues today. However, as human beings often have a tendency to be trusting and make mistakes, crooks find it quite simple to prey on naïve consumers.

In the contemporary era of zero trust, authentication is necessary. Nevertheless, no matter how much education we provide, assuming that individuals will approach authentication with a zero trust perspective will never be successful. Attackers simply have the advantage even though our staff and consumers are

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