Human Errors

People make mistakes. The question is whether your architecture limits the blast radius when they do.

74%of breaches involve humans

£15.4Maverage insider incident cost

85days to contain insider threat

The Problem

Training Is Not Enough

Security awareness training reduces mistakes but cannot eliminate them. Even well-trained, well-intentioned people click wrong links, share wrong files, and make configuration errors. Your architecture must account for this reality.

Traditional Approach

✗Relies on perfect human behaviour
✗One click can expose everything
✗Access permissions often too broad
✗Mistakes discovered after damage done

Firevault Approach

✓Critical data disconnected from default
✓Access requires intentional action
✓Time-boxed access limits exposure window
✓Audit trails for every access event

Related Risks

Human-Related Risks We Mitigate

Human Error and Mishandling

Accidental exposure, misconfiguration, and unintentional data sharing.

74%Of breaches involve human element

Insider Threat

Employees, contractors, or partners with legitimate access causing harm.

£15.4MAverage insider incident cost

Phishing and Social Engineering

Manipulation attacks that trick users into compromising security.

91%Of attacks start with phishing

Accidental Disclosure

Sensitive data sent to wrong recipients or published unintentionally.

29%Of breaches from accidents

Third Party Mishandling

Vendors, suppliers, and partners mishandling your sensitive data.

62%Of breaches via third parties

Operational Disruption

Human mistakes causing system outages and business interruption.

23hrsAverage downtime per incident

How OSS Stops Human Error

When data is physically offline, human mistakes cannot expose it. Offline Secure Storage limits the blast radius by default, accidental sharing, misconfiguration, and mishandling simply cannot reach data that is not connected.

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