Being distracted, stressed, and tired are key factors in why employees get slack in cybersecurity awareness and decisions.
According to a vendor-sponsored report, fifty-two per cent of the 2,000 respondents in the U.S. and the United Kingdom said, in general, they make more mistakes when they are stressed, tired (43 per cent), distracted (41 per cent), working quickly (36 per cent) or burned out (26 per cent).
A quarter of the respondents said that at some point during their career they’ve clicked on a link in a phishing email at work.
Of those, nearly half of respondents (45 per cent) cited distraction as the top reason for falling for a phishing scam. Other reasons were the email looked legitimate (43 per cent), it was supposedly from a senior executive (41 per cent), it was supposedly from a respected brand (41 per cent), followed by “I was tired,” and “I wasn’t paying attention.” (ITworldcanada.com)