The Role of Human Error in Cybersecurity Breaches: Prevention Strategies

This article explains how human error drives many **cybersecurity breaches** and outlines **prevention strategies** such as awareness training, strong password practices, **MFA**, principle of least privilege-based **access controls**, regular patching, and the use of **EDR** and AI-powered detection. It highlights **common phishing tactics** (spear phishing, whaling, vishing) with verification and filtering best practices, and emphasizes leadership and culture to build a **security-first** organization.