## [E] Errors and unintentional failures

Unintentional failures caused by persons.

The numbering is not consecutive, but follows deliberate attacks, often similar to unintentional errors, and differing only in the subject’s purpose.

Origin:

Human (accidental)

See matching between errors and attacks.

Related Topics

Threats
[E.1] User errors
[E.2] System / Security administrator errors
[E.3] Monitoring (logging) errors
[E.4] Configuration errors
[E.7] Organisational deficiencies
[E.8] Malware diffusion
[E.9] [Re-]routing errors
[E.10] Sequence errors
[E.14] Information leaks
[E.15] Accidental alteration of information
[E.18] Destruction of information
[E.19] Information leaks
[E.20] Software vulnerabilities
[E.21] Defects in software maintenance / updating
[E.23] Defects in hardware maintenance / updating
[E.24] System failure due to exhaustion of resources
[E.25] Equipment loss
[E.28] Staff shortage