By Anna Frank, DocuWare: Whether it’s ransomware, phishing or social engineering, do you think your cyberattack protection measures are sufficient or that your company is unattractive to hackers? The problem with this line of thinking: Every company has data that is relevant to cybercriminals — whether you are a small or medium-sized business or a publicly traded company.

IT Governance, a global provider of cyber risk and privacy management solutions, reported that from January 1 to August 1, 2023, there were 694 publicly reported cyberattacks worldwide involving 612,368,642 breached records. If you could add unreported cases the number would be significantly higher. The biggest data breach of 2023 so far was at X (formerly called Twitter) where 220 million records were affected. Healthcare (199), education (119), and the public sector (88) are the areas that are attacked most often.

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