83 percent of US organizations have accidentally exposed sensitive data

According to a new survey 83 percent of security professionals believe that employees have accidentally exposed sensitive customer or business data at their organization. The study from data protection specialist Egress also finds that accidental data breaches are often compounded by a failure to encrypt data prior to it being shared -- both internally and externally. The five most common technologies that have led to accidental data breaches by employees are external email services like Gmail and Yahoo (51 percent), corporate email (46 percent), file sharing services like FTP sites (40 percent), collaboration tools such as Slack and Dropbox (38… [Continue Reading]