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Thales: U.S. Federal Government Agencies experience more than 20% increase in data breachesSAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Thales, a leader in critical information systems, cybersecurity and data security, announces the results of its 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. In the past year 57% of federal respondents experienced a data breach. This marks a huge jump from the 2017 report (34% of breached) and the 2016 report (18%). In contrast only 26% of non-U.S. government agencies worldwide experienced a breach this past year. Click to Tweet: 57% of U.S. federal IT pros say breached in last 12 months, 3x higher than two years ago https://dtr-gov.thalesesecurity.com The new report finds that 68% of U.S. respondents believe they are 'very' or 'extremely' vulnerable to a data breach, up from 48% in the 2017 report. Among their global government counterparts, however, only 42% claim to be 'very' or 'extremely' vulnerable. While there are a number of factors to consider when addressing U.S. federal government data insecurity – such as budget restraints and issues with staffing – this year a couple stand out. IT modernization and cloud deployments go hand-in-hand A data-centric security approach is needed largely because of the growing use of commercial cloud services. According to the 2018 report, nearly half (45%) of U.S. federal respondents used more than five Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) vendors and nearly half (48%) used more than 100 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. Over two-thirds (72%) of respondents expressed concerns about increased vulnerabilities from shared infrastructures, followed by custodianship of encryption keys (62%) and security breaches in the cloud (68%). Garrett Bekker, Principal Analyst for Information Security at 451 Research says: Overall security spending is up, but how effective is it? Nick Jovanovic, Vice President of Thales eSecurity Federal, a division of TDSI, says: Please download a copy of the new 2018 Thales Federal Report for more detailed security best practices. For industry insight and views on the latest data security trends check out our blog. You can follow Thales eSecurity on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube. About Thales eSecurity About Thales Positioned as a value-added systems integrator, equipment supplier and service provider, Thales is one of Europe's leading players in the security market. The Group's security teams work with government agencies, local authorities and enterprise customers to develop and deploy integrated, resilient solutions to protect citizens, sensitive data and critical infrastructure. Thales offers world-class cryptographic capabilities and is a global leader in cybersecurity solutions for defence, government, critical infrastructure providers, telecom companies, industry and the financial services sector. With a value proposition addressing the entire data security chain, Thales offers a comprehensive range of services and solutions ranging from security consulting, data protection, digital trust management and design, development, integration, certification and security maintenance of cybersecured systems, to cyberthreat management, intrusion detection and security supervision through cybersecurity Operation Centres in France, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong.
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