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Cybercrime Statistics in 2019

Security Affairs

According to the IC3 Annual Report released in April 2019 financial losses reached $2.7 Most financially devastating threats involved investment scams, business email compromises (BEC) , and romance fraud. The total cost of cybercrime for each company in 2019 reached US$13M. What about data breaches?

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Retail in 2019 needs security precautions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As we head into 2019, one thing is clear: more convenience is directly proportional to industry-wide risk. Our recent Data Threat Report, Retail Edition showed that 52 percent of U.S. retailers have suffered a data breach in the past year – and what’s more, 75 percent have had one at some point in the past.

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2019 Thales DTR: Global Edition: Facts that may surprise you

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A few weeks ago, we issued the Global Edition of our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report, now in its seventh year. This year much of the emphasis within the results was on how digital transformation can put organizations’ sensitive data at risk. Let’s talk about breach rates first. The data bears this out.

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Making the Case for Encryption in the Era of Digital Transformation – Highlights from our Annual Data Threat Report

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Around this time each year, Thales eSecurity releases our annual Data Threat Report (DTR). Now in its sixth year, the report is squarely focused on digital transformation and what that means for organizations and their data security. We are living in an era where data breaches are the new normal.

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Organizations Struggle with Cloud Security in the Post Digital Transformation Era – Highlights from our 2020 Data Threat Report-Global Edition

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

2020 marks the launch of the Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition for the seventh consecutive year. This year the report focuses on the post digital transformation era. The 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition indicates that we have reached a tipping point.

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The Changing Face of Data Security in Australia and New Zealand

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

However, data is only valuable if its integrity is maintained which is why regulators like the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the EU released the Notifiable Data Breach (NDB) scheme, CPS 234 and GDPR respectively to ensure the protection of sensitive customer data.

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RSAC 2019 Blog Series: Taking the Risk out of Digital Transformation: RSAC 2019’s Quest for Delivering “Better”

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The historic amount of coverage that data breaches have produced in 2018 has exposed executives and consumers to the importance of security, like no year before. At the same time, enterprise organizations that spend more than 10% of their IT budget on security, 34% say that they have experienced a breach in the past year.