In 2013, three quarters of the reported miscellaneous incidents worldwide involved the public sector. Data breaches are caused overwhelmingly by a single factor: what Verizons data breach investigations 2014 report calls a miscellaneous incident Overstretched employees struggling with an increased workload and additional responsibility they feel ill-equipped to handle will make mistakes. With stricter data protection legislation just around the corner, the time to act is now, says Phil Greenwood, Director at Iron Mountain. He says time is running out for organisations to get their house in order.”]

