NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
First Published: April 22, 2013: 9:24 PM ET
A data breach investigations report from Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500), released Tuesday, showed that small businesses continue to be the most victimized of all companies.
Of the 621 confirmed data breach incidents Verizon recorded in 2012, close to half occurred at companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, including 193 incidents at entities with fewer than 100 workers.
A separate report from cybersecurity firm Symantec (SYMC, Fortune 500) confirmed that trend. It found cyberattacks on small businesses with fewer than 250 employees represented 31% of all attacks in 2012, up from 18% in the prior year.
It’s a pattern that Kevin Thompson, senior analyst with Verizon’s RISK team, says he has noticed for the past six years. READ FULL STORY…
