This weeks leak of personal details of nearly 50,000 Australians highlights the importance of reviewing contractor policies for data handling, and improving visibility of data to detect and stop data vulnerabilities before they are exploited. Just 4 in 10 organisations said they carry out all of their data handling procedures in line with data protection laws, while just 8 percent of breached data was reported as having been encrypted. Breach Level Index statistics suggest that 5.1 million records are being lost or stolen every day, with just 4 percent of those breaches considered secure breaches where the data was encrypted and stolen data rendered useless.”]