The year of 2013 was the most nightmarish year in the history of computing. The lack of password protected folders allowed a huge number of data breach incidents. The statistics of 2013 regarding information security are really scary. It seemed like data thefts had complete freedom and were allowed to steal any amount of data from any source they wish. A huge number of data breach incidents took place in the previous year that compromised millions of records. Here are some of the concrete statistics.

 

Healthcare Sector

The healthcare sector has smashed all the previous records and has topped the ranking of industries that leaked the data. It is the first time since 2005 that the business sector has been less affected by data breach incidents as healthcare sector had the worst year with respect to data security. As you see the statistics of the healthcare sector regarding data…