S E C U R I T Y B R E A C H E S

IN 2016,

IDENTITY THEFT OR FRAUD CRIMES IN THE U.S. INCREASED BY 16% AND THE THIEVES STOLE $16 BILLION

organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 are improving threat defense by separating: IT and security functions,

CASES OF E-COMMERCE FRAUD INCREASED BY

in one year, from 2015 to 2016.5

15.4 MILLION U.S. consumers were victims of identity theft or fraud in 2016.1

THEN ANOTHER 1 BILLION USER ACCOUNTS2

In 2016, a large web services provider suffered

TWO MASSIVE DATA BREACHES - first compromising

500 MILLION CUSTOMERS,

THE ODDS OF AN ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCING A DATA BREACH IN 2017 ARE AS HIGH AS

IN

90%of

33%

increasing security awareness training for employees, and

implementing risk mitigation techniques.4

(38%)

(38%)

(37%)

Sources:1. 2017 Identity Fraud Study by Javelin Strategy & Research2. www.welivesecurity.com/2016/12/30/biggest-security-incidents-2016/3. Ponemon Institute’s “2017 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Overview”4. www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/new-report-businesses-suffer-serious-measur-

able-damage-from-data-breaches_1.html5. experian.com/blogs/insights/2017/03/e-commerce-fraud-rates-spike-in-2016/

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NEARLY $1 BILLION MORE THAN IN 2015.1

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