Seven in ten UK organisations experienced a data breach incident over the last year, up from 60 per cent in the previous year.
The third edition of an annual survey by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by PGP, also found that 12 per cent of 615 public and private sector organisations probed were hit by five data loss incidents over the previous year. Less than half of these breaches (43 per cent) were disclosed publicly, while disclosure of the remainder was neither a legal or regulatory requirement.
Read more in The Register.
Related: PGP’s Press Release.
Related: For a copy of the study, see http://www.encryptionreports.com/