well-consent
Abstract
Cyber breaches continue to occur, powered by a global cyber-crime contingent. Some crimes are carried out by
malicious insiders, but in many cases the breach is facilitated by an interplay of technical vulnerabilities and human errors.
Cyber criminals might exploit a failure to install updates or poor configuration or deceive people into clicking on a link or
opening an attachment. Here, we highlight a blaming tendency when such adverse incidents occur. We will explore the
advisability of blaming, contemplate the considerations that come into play if blaming is deemed appropriate, and consider
the consequences for the “culprit”. Having revealed the destructiveness and unhelpfulness of blaming, we propose a “blamefree” way of responding to these kinds of events on the human level.
