According to the Open Security Foundation, three out of 10 of the all-time worst security breaches happened this year. 2014 is well on its way to replace 2013 as the highest year on record for exposed records. The average total cost of a data breach increased 15 percent to $3.5 million, and the average cost paid for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information increased more than 9 percent from $136 in 2013 to $145 in this years study. The biggest security hole in information security might not be technical at all: It’s time to take staffing seriously.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2842532/6-things-we-learned-from-this-years-security-breaches.html