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Nearly Two-Thirds Of Companies Have Been Breached In The Past Year, Study Says

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IT security becoming a higher priority in many organizations, CompTIA reports

By Tim Wilson Nov 17, 2010 | 04:15 PM
Darkreading

Sixty-three percent of U.S. organizations have experienced at least one security incident or breach during the past year, according to a new study released today.

Almost half of the breached organizations classified the situation as “serious” — meaning there was a financial threat, potential damage to the organization’s reputation, or other business-critical problem, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association’s (CompTIA’s) 8th Annual Global Security Trends Study.

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Over 500 Million Sensitive Records Breached Since 2005

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As of today, 8/30/2010, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

510,421,323 RECORDS BREACHED SINCE 2005

The most recent total from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Chronology of Data Breaches shows more than a half billion sensitive records breached since 2005, leaving Americans vulnerable to identity theft. Employees losing laptop computers, hackers downloading credit card numbers and sensitive personal data accidentally exposed online — the Chronology of Data Breaches shows hundreds of ways that the personal information of consumers is lost, stolen or exposed. The Chronology of Data Breaches, a project of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse since 2005, lists incidents involving breached consumer information, such as personal medical records, credit card numbers and Social Security numbers.

The most recent total, published August 24, 2010, is a wake-up call to consumers who think identity theft can’t happen to them. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse estimates that the Chronology shows only a fraction of the total number of data breaches.

See the complete list of data breaches…