Secure Your Data, Not Just the Perimeter
Secure Your Data, Not Just the Perimeter
A recent report recommends a “new mindset,” in which companies focus more on the protection of the data itself than on securing the perimeter.
Breaches Up, Compromised Records Down
There were 1,792 breaches in 2016, down 4% from 1,866 the prior year, but the number of data records lost or stolen increased to 1.4 billion, up from 740 million in 2015.
Leading Sources of Data Breaches
Malicious outsiders: 68%,
Accidental loss: 19%,
Malicious insider: 9%,
Hactivist: 3%,
State-sponsored incidents: 1%
Leading Types of Attacks
Identity theft: 59%,
Financial Access: 18%,
Account Access: 11%,
Nuisance: 8%,
Existential data: 4%
Industries Hit the Hardest
Healthcare: 28%, up 11%,
Government: 15%, down 9%,
Retail: 12%, down 10%,
Financial services: 12%, down 23%,
Technology Sector: 11%, up 55%
Records Breached by Industry
Technology sector: 391.6 million records, 28%,
Government: 391.7 million records, 28%,
Healthcare: 35.2 million records, 3%,
Retail: 32.5 million records, 2%,
Financial: 13.3 million records, 1%,
Hospitality: 9.5 records, less than 1%,
Education 4.3 million records, less than 1%,
Other: 500 million records, 36%
North America Hit the Most Breaches
North America accounted for 80% of all breaches. The total number in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America was 1,433, up 11% from last year. The U.S. had 1,348 of the total.
Breaches WorldwideEurope followed the U.S., with 161 incidents (9% of the total). Asia-Pacific had 145 incidents (8%), and the Middle East and Africa had 38 incidents (2%). South America had less than 1% of the breaches.
Breaches With Unknown Number of Records Compromised
In 52% of the breaches, the number of compromised records was unknown because the information was not publicly available in the breach disclosure.
Encryption MIA
Encryption was used in only 4% of the data breaches.