Cyber security has become a top priority for many businesses. The threats lurk both inside and outside of every company. A recent Juniper Research study found that data breaches could cost over $2 trillion on a global scale by 2019.
Technology has made it easier for cyber criminals to collect millions of bits of information from a wide variety of sources, and some experts believe they are using the data to create profiles that could be used access government files, healthcare records and other details previously thought to be protected.
Over the last year, credit card information was stolen from 56 million Home Depot customers, healthcare information from 80 million Anthem policyholders, and the personnel records of more than 25 million government employees and contractors were accessed in the OPM breach.
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