Businesses lose 44 data records every second

Before you are done reading this article, there will have been more than 2,500 digital records stolen. This is according to a new report by Gemalto, which was released to show just how unprepared UK's businesses are for cyber risks. Gemalto says that in 2016 1.37 billion data records were compromised. That basically means 3,776,738 records every day, 157,364 every hour, 2,623 every minute, or 44 data records every second. To make things even worse, Gemalto claims the amount of compromised data almost doubled (86 percent increase) since 2015. The US is a "clear leader" when it comes to the number of… [Continue Reading]