What Do Most Data Breaches Have in Common? Incompetence

Hackers enjoy a reputation as computer whizzes who can break into the most sophisticated systems. They may be whizzes, but the reason for their success is that businesses rely on defenses filled with holes big enough to drive a truck through.

A new study by Verizon’s Business Risk team, which performs post-breach forensics, looked at the causes of more than 500 data-loss incidents and concluded that sloppy security procedures were partly to blame in almost every one.

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