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According to the recently released third-quarter data breach findings reported under the Notifiable Data Breach Scheme (NDB), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that human error is the major cause of email data breaches. 

The report also found as organizations in Australia look to protect themselves from the threat of email data breaches, they are turning increasingly towards technology solutions to minimise the chance of breaches occurring. 

One such solution is cleanDocs, an information leak prevention software from DocsCorp, an Australian provider of document productivity solutions. Year-on-year, DocsCorp has reported a 69 percent increase in the sale and 62 percent increase in the number of users of cleanDocs, respectively.

“The NDB Scheme findings prove that while staff should be the first line of defence against a breach, they are often, in fact, the weakest link,” said DocsCorp President and Co-Founder, Dean Sappey. “Data loss protection tools like cleanDocs empower users to protect sensitive client information and instil in them the confidence they won’t inadvertently cause a breach.”

 

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