During 2017, it was reported that roughly 1,579 data breaches were publicly disclosed. This is an alarming number that equates to approximately 130 breaches each month. Industry observers believe this means the number of records containing personal information that were affected over a year’s time period is nearly 2 billion, and the average cost of a data breach in 2017 was estimated at $3.62 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During 2017, it was reported that roughly 1,579 data breaches were publicly disclosed. This is an alarming number that equates to approximately 130 breaches each month. Industry observers believe this means the number of records containing personal information that were affected over a year\u2019s time period is nearly 2 billion, and the average cost of a data breach in 2017 was estimated at $3.62 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-59037","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","category-data-security","tag-customer-data","tag-cybercrime","tag-data-breaches","tag-data-management","tag-data-security","tag-retail-data-breaches","tag-security-awareness-program","editorial_type-industry-sector-reports","company-compliancepoint","sponsor-compliancepoint","vertical-retail"],"yoast_head":"\n