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April 15, 2014 02:06 pm GMT

78% of Organizations Experienced a Data Breach in the Past 2 Years

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When Target publicly confirmed that the credit and debit accounts of 40 million customers had been compromised in December, many consumers received a rude awakening to the real danger of entrusting businesses with so much data.

If the recently exposed Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability didn't make the state of data security even more horrific, odds are you don't fully understand it.

See also: Why Heartbleed Is the Ultimate Web Nightmare

For businesses and organizations, especially those of the small-to-medium variety, the need for security vigilance and data protection is as vital as it's ever been. It's estimated that cybercriminals steal $1 billion every year from small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. and Europe Read more...

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