The report, which examined nine industries including healthcare, also made the following findings:
- 31 percent of data breaches were caused by weak password protection that allowed hackers or unauthorized users to infiltrate a system
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It took companies an average of 87 days to detect a data breach
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It took companies an average of 7 days to contain a data breach caused by a malicious attack
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