From: FCW
By Bill Annibell
In 2015, there were 781 known data breaches in the United States, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, exposing a staggering 169 million records. Records described as government/military accounted for 20.2 percent of those that were exposed via data breach, while healthcare accounted for 66.7 percent of compromised records. And given that many organizations do not report data breaches for fear of damaging their reputations, we know the true numbers are significantly higher.
As defined by ITRC, data breaches involve “an individual name plus a Social Security number, driver’s license number, medical record or financial record.” When a citizen-serving organization allows such information to be exposed, that creates varying levels of distrust — and a clear need for a more collaborative and cohesive cybersecurity strategy.
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