CSO Online – Let’s get serious about security: 2.6 billion records stolen or compromised in 2017

csoonlineGemalto’s 2017 Breach Level Index found 2.6 billion records were compromised in 2017, as well a number of new data breach tactics. Breached or exposed data is not only a headache for security teams. It also impacts brand reputation, customer confidence and stock prices, but risk can be managed by mapping out where data resides.

Gemalto, my employer, recently published the latest research from its Breach Level Index (BLI), sharing that 2.6 billion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide during the year of 2017. A global database, the BLI follows and studies breaches, the types of data compromised and how it was accessed or lost.

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