There were more than a billion records compromised in 2014 from approximately 1,500 incidents, a 78 percent increase from the year before. Cyber criminal and cyber espionage activities have demonstrated that hostile cyber actors intent on gaining unauthorized access and exploiting technology will invariably find ways to accomplish their objectives. Technology has provided opportunity for smaller businesses to compete on the same playing field as larger competitors. Cyber security breaches have become almost a routine occurrence, garnering less surprise both in terms of the compromised and the amount of records compromised.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3050465/security-can-be-a-competitive-differentiator.html