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TheDAILY LEDGER
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Guest column

Stop blaming 'human error'. Start designing for humans

Guest column by Paula Sinclair, founder of High Tech Inc.

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Every breach report I read ends with the same two words: human error. As if that explained anything.

It doesn't. We build systems that are easy to attack and hard to use, then act surprised when someone clicks the wrong thing. Stop blaming the person. Start designing for them.