cyber trends
app-based platforms,” said Sébastien
Pavie, Regional Director META, Enterprise
and Cybersecurity, at Gemalto. “With
the introduction of the Information
Assurance Standards in the UAE as well
as European regulations such as GDPR,
2018 has been a landmark year for data
protection regulations and will most
likely increase the number of publicly
disclosed breaches. This renewed focus
on data compliance is challenging for
organisations; however, it is crucial
for building a strong foundation to
combat cyberattacks. By implementing
a proactive data security approach into
the IT infrastructure, companies can
effectively prepare for a breach, and
avoid falling victim to one.”
Primary sources of
data breaches
Malicious outsiders caused the largest
percentage of data breaches (56%), a
slight decrease of almost 7% over the
second half of 2017 and accounted for
over 80% of all stolen, compromised or
lost records. Accidental loss accounted
for over 879 million (9%) of the records
lost this half, the second most popular
cause of data breaches representing
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incidents show a
disturbing trend in
the escalation of
severity.
over one third of incidents. The number
of records and incidents involved in
malicious insider attacks fell by 50%
this half compared to the same time
period in 2017.
Leading types of data breaches
Identity theft continues to be the leading
type of data breach, as it has been
since Gemalto first started tracking in
2013. While the number of identity theft
breaches increased by 13% over the
second half of 2017 to just over 64%,
the number of records stolen through
these incidents increased by 539%,
representing over 87% of all records
stolen. Financial access incidents show
a disturbing trend in the escalation
of severity.
Though overall
incident numbers are
on the decline H1 2017
vs H1 2018 (171 for
H1 2017 and 123 for H1
2018), the number of records
breached increased H1 2017
vs H1 2018 (2.7 million and 359
million) respectively.
Industries most affected by
data breaches
Most sectors saw an increase in the
number of incidents compared to the
previous half – the exceptions were
government, professional services, retail
and technology, though both government
and retail saw an increase in the number
of records breached through fewer
events. Healthcare continues to lead in
number of incidents (27%).
Social media ranks top for number of
records breached (56%) due to the
high-profile customer data compromises
at Facebook and Twitter, involving 2.2
billion and 336 million respectively. u
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