Surveys & Reports

In 2014, more than 1,500 data breaches led to over one billion data records compromised worldwide, a 49% increase in data breaches and a 78% increase in data records breached. There is no question that cybercrime is at the root of this increase, with cybercriminals now highly motivated by this very lucrative business of stealing and selling data. The problem is that focusing on the driver, “cybercrime,” gives an...

The Ponemon Institute recently completed a study, sponsored by Arbor Networks, which looks at Advanced Threats in Financial Services and Retail and how these sectors are responding to advanced threats and denial of service attacks (DDoS). According to the findings, financial services companies have a stronger security posture - able to detect and contain threats more quickly than in the retail sector - but that both sectors are struggling...

Mary Meeker, General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is known for her annual state of the web reports. The reports are valuable for what’s next in tech and investing, with this year’s report being no exception. The Internet Trends 2015 report, summarized in slides or available for download, shows that while Internet user growth has slowed, the impact of how we are using the Internet continues...

The Ponemon Institute and IBM recently released the 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study which indicates that costs associated with data breaches continue to rise. The cost of a data breach in 2014 was $154 per record, up from $145 in 2013, a 6% increase. The average cost of a data breach to an organization increased 23% over the past 2 years to $3.79 million. In the case of...

According to a preview of the upcoming 2015 K-12 Horizon Report, it is forecasted that 20% of US classrooms will have implemented BYOD programs by the end of 2015, a marker or ‘mainstream’ status for BYOD. It’s anticipated that the K-12 space will see further impact from trends such as 3D printing, adaptive software and wearable technologies in the next few years.