44 percent of organizations have suffered a data breach in the last year

In the last 12 months, 44 percent of organizations have suffered at least one data breach. More worrying is that of those reporting a data breach, the average was almost 30 data breaches per organization in the last year. This is according to a study from identity management company SailPoint, released at this week's Infosecurity Europe. These breaches cost the organizations nearly $1 million to address from an IT perspective, which excludes fines, lost revenue and brand damage. Perhaps the most troubling survey finding, however, is that nine percent of IT leaders surveyed couldn't confidently say whether or not their organizations had… [Continue Reading]