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DATA BREACH ALERT- 7 BILLION RECORDS EXPOSED

Last year alone, over 7 BILLION records were exposed due to data breaches, making 2017 an all time high for

IDENTITY THEFT...

PROTECT YOURSELF

Billionaire businessman Warren Buffet says that

"cyber attacks are the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WITH MANKIND, even worse than nuclear weapons"

Look at these Alarming Cyber Security Facts and Stats

   There is an attack from hackers every 39 seconds, affecting one in three Americans each year.

   95 percent of breached records came from three industries in 2016: Government, retail, and technology.

   43 percent of cyber attacks target small business.

   64% of companies have experienced web-based attacks.  

   62% experienced phishing & social engineering attacks.

   59% of companies experienced malicious code and botnets.

   51% experienced denial of service attacks.

   The average cost of a data breach in 2020 will exceed $150 million.

   There are 3,809,448 records stolen from breaches every day

    , 158,727 per hour,

   2,645 per minute

   and 44 every second of every day.

   Over 75% of health care industry has been infected with malware over the last year.

   Large-scale DDoS attacks up 140 percent in 2016’s fourth quarter.

   Cybersecurity Ventures reportedly estimates that the global cybersecurity space will grow at a CAGR of 9.8% from around $106.3 billion in 2015 to around $170.2 billion by 2020. Approximately $1 trillion is expected to be spent globally on cybersecurity from 2017 to 2021.

   More than 209,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. are unfilled, and postings are up 74% over the past five year. Unfilled cybersecurity jobs will reach 1.5 million by 2019.

   The risk is real with IoT and its growing. According to figures compiled within a recent Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, there are 25 connected devices per 100 inhabitants in the US. 50 to 200 billion connected devices by 2020.

   Only 38 percent of global organizations claim they are prepared to handle a sophisticated cyberattack.