{"id":13451,"date":"2012-04-18T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T07:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=13451"},"modified":"2021-08-18T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:18:32","slug":"state-of-it-security-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/state-of-it-security-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of IT Security [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Word is getting out that Mac is getting its dose of viruses although the truth is they weren\u2019t really all that safe in the first place, just safer by comparison. Security is never really a thing we leave to the manufacturers because if we did, it would be at our peril. New forms of viruses, trojans, malware and clickjacking storm the Web every day compromising servers and records, stealing sensitive data from customers and databases, etc. A more active approach of a security breach may come in the form of hacking or the defacing of influential websites owned by authorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backgroundcheck.org<\/strong> which last released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/world-of-lost-smartphones-infographic\/\">World of Lost Smartphones<\/a> infographic has now released another one detailing the <strong>State of IT Security today<\/strong>. In it, we see that Verizon reported a billion compromised records and 2,000 breaches in the last eight years. Last year alone, there were more than 800 data breach incidents, three-quarters of which were targeted at food and accommodation services and retail trade. Check out what they have to say about the external agents that are behind these breaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Recommended Reading:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tag\/infographics\/\" rel=\"noopener\">More Infographic related posts.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/ig\/state-of-it-security-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"state of IT\" width=\"970\" height=\"3727\"><\/figure>\n<p>Spot an infographic you think will be a perfect fit here? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/submit-news-tips\/\">Send the link to us<\/a> with relevant details and we\u2019ll credit you with the find.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word is getting out that Mac is getting its dose of viruses although the truth is they weren\u2019t really all that safe in the first place, just safer by comparison. Security is never really a thing we leave to the manufacturers because if we did, it would be at our peril. New forms of viruses,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3398],"tags":[1544,4605,4601],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The State of IT Security [Infographic] - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Word is getting out that Mac is getting its dose of viruses although the truth is they weren&#039;t really all that safe in the first place, just safer by\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/state-of-it-security-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The State of IT Security [Infographic]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Word is getting out that Mac is getting its dose of viruses although the truth is they weren&#039;t really all that safe in the first place, just safer by\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/state-of-it-security-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-18T07:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T08:18:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/ig\/state-of-it-security-infographic.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alfredo K\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alfredo K\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alfredo K\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7b5c2018f96391a3d260970e9c202d9\"},\"headline\":\"The State of IT Security [Infographic]\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-18T07:01:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-18T08:18:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"commentCount\":18,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/ig\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Infographics\",\"Internet Security and Privacy\",\"Security and Privacy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Internet\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/state-of-it-security-infographic\\\/\",\"name\":\"The State of IT Security [Infographic] - 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