There have been several high profile data breaches in recent years in healthcare and other industries. Which sectors do consumers think are most likely to suffer a data breach?
Here are 28 statistics on how likely consumers feel data breaches are in seven different industries, according to the 2015 Unisys Security Insights Survey.
Retail
• A breach is likely: 44 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 19 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 13 percent
• Don't know: 24 percent
Government
• A breach is likely: 39 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 29 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 4 percent
• Don't know: 28 percent
Telecommunications
• A breach is likely: 35 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 41 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 8 percent
• Don't know: 32 percent
Healthcare
• A breach is likely: 28 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 41 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 5 percent
• Don't know: 26 percent
Airlines
• A breach is likely: 25 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 25 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 25 percent
• Don't know: 25 percent
Banks
• A breach is likely: 24 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 44 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 5 percent
• Don't know: 27 percent
Utilities
• A breach is likely: 21 percent
• A beach is unlikely: 41 percent
• This type of organization doesn't hold their personal data: 10 percent
• Don't know: 28 percent