[InfoGraphic] 56 Must Know Data Breach Statistics for 2019

Apr 20, 2019 10:29:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Varonis spent a lot of time compiling a whole bunch of data breach stats that are very good ammo for budget requests. They also created an infographic with a quick executive summary. Did ...

809 Million Records Exposed By Email Marketing Giant. No Bueno.

Mar 8, 2019 10:27:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I'm suffering from Data Breach Fatigue, how about you?

It Only Takes Minutes: Russians Go from Foothold to Privileged Access in Record Time

Mar 4, 2019 4:22:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We think of data breaches as taking days or weeks. But with elevated access to move laterally around the network, a cybercriminal can accomplish much in just a matter of minutes.

Healthcare Data Breaches Involve Triple the Records in 2018

Feb 27, 2019 5:48:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As the healthcare industry continues to be a target in cyberattacks focused on data breaches of patient health records, the latest data shows that cybercriminals are taking more than ever.

Helping Employees Not Cause Data Breaches

Feb 20, 2019 4:57:52 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Untrained employees with poor security habits pose a major risk to their employers, according to Ciara O’Brien at the Irish Times. O’Brien cites recent research conducted by Amarach on ...

Wendy’s to pay $50M in data breach settlement

Feb 20, 2019 10:23:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wendy’s has agreed to pay $50 million to settle negligence claims following its 2015-2016 data breach that affected more than 1,000 of the burger chain’s locations.

It’s Time to Have a Security Plan Around Consumer Data Privacy

Feb 18, 2019 2:33:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The growth in both consumer concern and laws seeking to protect consumer data means organizations need to take specific measures to ensure the safeguarding of customer data.

Data Breaches Result in Lost Customer Confidence Costing Organizations More than Just Fines

Feb 11, 2019 2:16:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Consumers have spoken: According to new data, the majority of your organization’s customers won’t do business with you after a data breach and expect you to pay to protect their personal ...

BenefitMall Hit by Months-Long Data Breach

Jan 17, 2019 2:47:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Dallas-based payroll firm BenefitMall announced on January 4 that nearly 112,000 customers may have had their personal information exposed during a four-month long data breach. The ...

[Heads-up] Are Any Of Your Users Exposed In This Brand New Humongous Data Breach?

Jan 16, 2019 5:59:32 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Troy Hunt, the site admin of Have I Been Pwned just released some disconcerting news. A new data breach of humongous proportions has just been made public, we are talking astronomical ...

The Top 10 Big Risk Picture From Way High Up

Jan 16, 2019 2:34:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

What keeps you up at night? These are the biggest risks facing our world in 2019. Top world leaders were surveyed for the latest edition of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report. ...

Increase in Office 365 Attacks and Data Breaches Should Be Expected as We Approach the 2019 Tax Season

Jan 16, 2019 10:20:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Experts warn of uptick in phishing attacks against businesses leveraging Office 365 as the tax season begins, tensions run high, and opportunities to trick off-guard users will be plenty.

New Data Suggests that Negligent Employees May Be the Reason Data Breaches are So Successful

Jan 11, 2019 5:05:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

When it comes to root causes of data breaches, it’s not your firewall, your endpoint protection, your antivirus, nor your patching that’s failing you; it’s your employees.

Ohio’s New Data Security Law Seeks to Minimize the Risk of Data Breach Impacting Insurers and Their Customers

Jan 9, 2019 7:09:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Following in the footsteps of North Carolina, the new Ohio law looks to regulate the cybersecurity practices, reporting, and notifications of its insurance industry.

2018: The Year of the Data Breach Tsunami [INFOGRAPHIC]

Dec 28, 2018 3:07:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Our friends at Malwarebytes wrote: "It’s tough to remember all of the data breaches that happened in 2018. But when you look at the largest and most impactful ones that were reported ...

A Call for More Consumer Privacy Laws Could Spell Penalties in Your Future

Dec 12, 2018 7:08:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In the wake of the Marriott data breach, U.S. senators are calling for tougher privacy laws and stiff fines for organizations that do not properly protect consumer data.

61% of Organizations Believe Negligent Users Will be the Primary Cause of a Data Breach in the Next 12 Months

Dec 4, 2018 9:44:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dark Readings annual Strategic Security Survey provides several details highlighting that organizations aren’t ready, and users aren’t helping.

Data Breach at Q&A Site Quora Affects 100 Million

Dec 4, 2018 7:03:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's all over the news, it even made the Wall Street Journal. I'm a quora participant myself and received the news directly in an email.

The Massive Marriott Data Breach: Some Practical Advice For Business Travelers

Dec 2, 2018 7:54:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

If you have stayed in one or the following hotels in the last 4 years, it's very likely that your personal data—and even potentially your passport number—has been stolen and is available ...

[Heads-up] Bad Guys Love Marriott: 500 Million Data Breach Is Phishing Heaven

Nov 30, 2018 10:18:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

So I guess we have just reached the tipping point, it's "privacy game over" for business travelers.

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[InfoGraphic] 56 Must Know Data Breach Statistics for 2019

809 Million Records Exposed By Email Marketing Giant. No Bueno.

It Only Takes Minutes: Russians Go from Foothold to Privileged Access in Record Time

Healthcare Data Breaches Involve Triple the Records in 2018

Helping Employees Not Cause Data Breaches

Wendy’s to pay $50M in data breach settlement

It’s Time to Have a Security Plan Around Consumer Data Privacy

Data Breaches Result in Lost Customer Confidence Costing Organizations More than Just Fines

BenefitMall Hit by Months-Long Data Breach

[Heads-up] Are Any Of Your Users Exposed In This Brand New Humongous Data Breach?

The Top 10 Big Risk Picture From Way High Up

Increase in Office 365 Attacks and Data Breaches Should Be Expected as We Approach the 2019 Tax Season

New Data Suggests that Negligent Employees May Be the Reason Data Breaches are So Successful

Ohio’s New Data Security Law Seeks to Minimize the Risk of Data Breach Impacting Insurers and Their Customers

2018: The Year of the Data Breach Tsunami [INFOGRAPHIC]

A Call for More Consumer Privacy Laws Could Spell Penalties in Your Future

61% of Organizations Believe Negligent Users Will be the Primary Cause of a Data Breach in the Next 12 Months

Data Breach at Q&A Site Quora Affects 100 Million

The Massive Marriott Data Breach: Some Practical Advice For Business Travelers

[Heads-up] Bad Guys Love Marriott: 500 Million Data Breach Is Phishing Heaven

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