Top-Level Findings

Top Level Findings

  • Since 2013, 14,717,618,286 records have been lost or stolen
  • Technology experienced the most records lost, at 28.99% of total, since 2013[1]
    • Tech accounted for 18% of records lost, for the top 500 breaches 2014-2018
    • Tech also made up 23% of all organizational breaches, in the test set
  • Malicious Outsiders made up 55.42% of all breach incidents
    • For the top 500, Malicious Outsiders consisted for 54% of total records and 65% of all incidents
    • Accidental Loss made up 37% and 24%, respectively, for total records and incidents