California Attorney General Kamala Harris has released a first-of-its-kind data breach report
that includes statistics, recommendations and assessments based on
breaches that were reported to the Attorney General's office during the
2012 calendar year.
California first data breach report finds that more than 1.4 million residents' data would have been safe had companies used encryption.
The report coverers 131 incidents in all, with the average breach accounting for 22.500 people. The retail sector reported the most data breaches with 26 percent of the cases, followed by the finance and insurance sectors with 23 percent and healthcare with 15 percent.
It's worth noting that more than half of the breaches involved intentional intrusions from the outside or intentional acts from insiders. The rest of the breaches, 45 percent, were largely due to failure "to adopt or carry out appropriate security measures," the report notes.
California first data breach report finds that more than 1.4 million residents' data would have been safe had companies used encryption.
The report coverers 131 incidents in all, with the average breach accounting for 22.500 people. The retail sector reported the most data breaches with 26 percent of the cases, followed by the finance and insurance sectors with 23 percent and healthcare with 15 percent.
It's worth noting that more than half of the breaches involved intentional intrusions from the outside or intentional acts from insiders. The rest of the breaches, 45 percent, were largely due to failure "to adopt or carry out appropriate security measures," the report notes.
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