8 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTOIDS ABOUT DATA BREACHES

1. – 31% of data breaches result in C-Level executives losing their jobs. SOURCE

2. – The average cost per lost or stolen record in a data breach is $148. SOURCE

3. – 58% of data breach victims are small businesses. SOURCE

4. – The average time to contain a breach across all industries is 69 days. SOURCE

5. – In the first year of GDPR enforcement, there were over 89,000 officially documented data breach notifications in the EU. SOURCE

6. – There were 383 million Marriott/Starwood guest records in the breach. SOURCE

7. – GDPR compliance reduces risk of data breach by 15%. SOURCE

8. – A cyber attack occurs every 39 seconds. SOURCE