Network outages can often be traced to four error-prone activities: fault analysis and response, configuration changes, scaling and failover, and security policies. You might have been alarmed to read ...

In February 2020, two firefighters died after running out of air during a search in a library. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report listed not only tactical inefficiencies ...

A new report from Splunk, "The Hidden Costs of Downtime," analyzes the impact of downtime on organizations and highlights the role simple human error often plays in ...

Data disasters resulting from cyberattacks and ransomware dominate news headlines. However, the most consistent and costly threats are actually caused by human error ...

And once again, the strongest IT safeguards often don’t do any good preventing a data breach if a person makes a mistake: In its 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, IBM found “human error” to be a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. It is a common mantra in cybersecurity that humans are the weakest ...