> Human error and system glitches drive nearly two-thirds of data breaches

The Ponemon Institute today released the 2013 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis which reveals data breaches are often the result of poor processes, and the latest study from Ponemon Institute bears this out: Human errors and system problems caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012. They also pushed the global average cost to $136 per compromised record.