As much as most people would prefer not to believe it about themselves, no one is perfect. Human error is a fact of life, but when it comes to your business’ network infrastructure, human error can be a bigger problem than a missed comma in a company email or a coffee filter that wasn’t changed in the workplace break room.

Human error’s effect on your network infrastructure can result in data loss. In severe cases, sensitive data that becomes compromised in a breach may also result in fines, fees and lawsuits. This ultimately means more time spent trying to fix problems that could have been avoided and maybe even more money coming out of your business’ pocket.

Train Against Social Engineering

Many times, human error is the result of social engineering. On some level, you can’t really blame employees for falling for social engineering schemes since they are purposefully designed to get people to act human. Social engineering involves tactics like emailing an employee claiming to be the company boss and asking for access to data or calling an employee asking for financial or customer data under the guise of a banking institution.

You can train against social engineering, but you should also have a chain of command in place to stop problems before they start. Human error can still cause someone to fall victim to social engineering, but if you have steps that an employee must go through involving others in your organization before data can be shared, your company is less likely to become a victim.

Have Backup Solutions Ready

Even with the best training and preparedness plan in place, it’s still a good idea to have backup solutions ready. For instance, if you’re working with relational database services (RDS), you need to have specialized RDS backup software to help you recover data in the event of a breach or loss. While RDS backup software isn’t going to put an end to human error, it can mitigate the fallout if some form of human error does cause data to become compromised.

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Emily Clarke writes about tech, online education, programming lessons and more. You can find her thoughts at disaster solution blog.