March 1, 2014 by PE Admin in Data Protection & Privacy 1176 0

89% of breaches and data loss incidents could have been prevented
740 million records disclosed
31% of insiders were due to insider threats or mistakes
21% of the incidents were the result of physical loss (PC, drive, notebooks, paper documents..)
40% of the top breaches recorded to-date occurred in 2013
76% of breaches were the result of weak or stolen account credentials
29% of compromises were via social engineering