Verizon has today published its yearly report on business data breach investigations. Key stats included:
- 86 percent of data breaches for financial gain – up from 71 percent in 2019
- Cloud-based data under attack – web application attacks double to 43 percent
- 67 percent of breaches caused by credential theft, errors and social attacks
- Clearly identified cyber-breach pathways enable a “Defender Advantage” in the fight against cyber-crime
- On-going patching successful – fewer than 1 in 20 breaches exploit vulnerabilities
- Report analyzes 32,002 security incidents and 3,950 confirmed breaches from 81 global contributors from 81 countries
Verizon @VerizonBusiness releases 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report #DBIR, just posted at midnight ET: https://t.co/WbPL4VouXh
— Christian Beckner (@cjbeckner) May 19, 2020
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