Report Finds High Levels of Data Breach, Compliance Failures in Germany, US, UK
Data security company Vormetric found “high levels of data breach and compliance failures” in the U.K., Germany and the U.S., a news release said. Polling for the Vormetric report was done by Harris Poll in fall 2014 through online surveys.…
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Almost 45 percent of U.S. respondents, 40 percent of U.K. respondents and 26 percent of German respondents said they had encountered a data breach or failed a compliance audit in the past year, Vormetric said. “These responses are disturbing because they represent strong evidence that organizations are systematically failing to secure their data," said Tina Stewart, vice president-global market strategy. "Part of the problem is a pervasive perception that meeting compliance standards is all that needs to be done to protect sensitive information,” she said. “With this perception, and with attacks changing by the hour, slowly evolving compliance mandates result in organizations fighting today's battles with yesterday's weapons, and failing to protect sensitive data not covered by compliance requirements." There are “notable contrasts” between how European and U.S. organizations prioritized cloud security, data accessibility, privacy violations and compliance requirements, such as 62 percent of U.S. respondents planning to increase spending on additional security measures, compared with 44 percent of German respondents and 51 percent in the U.K., the firm said.