No matter how much you nag people, plead with them and warn them, these mistakes and risky behaviors never seem to end.
Sending Emails to the Wrong Address
Virtually everyone has done this at one time or another – transposing a character, forgetting a dash, using ".com" instead of ".org", etc. It's when contents are sensitive and not encrypted that the real drama begins. A Google search will reveal many urgent requests on security forums from people who sent confidential files to the wrong address, and are now pleading for advice. According to research by Ponemon Institute, 62 percent of respondents have accidentally sent files to people outside the organization who were not authorized to see them. Talk about rolling the dice!