Surprisingly, 99% of breached records were accessed through servers and applications, rather than desktop computers, notebooks, mobile phones, or portable media.
It's also worth noting that 81% of affected organizations subject to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) had been identified as noncompliant before being breached.
There are a lot of lessons that can be learned from the report. But the major one is that basic security practices consistently applied can help prevent most data breach incidents.
More specifically, Verizon recommends changing default credentials, avoiding shared credentials, user account reviews, application testing and code reviews, smarter patch management strategies, employee termination procedures, application logging and monitoring, and agreeing on what represents suspicious or anomalous network behavior.
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