A new study suggests consumer information is at heightened risk. Sensitive consumer information in the hands of the public sector has an increased chance of being lost, stolen or unintentionally disclosed compared to consumer information possessed by the private sector. Although public sector enterprises make up as little as one-percent of all U.S. enterprises, public sector mishaps account for 58% of all information security breach incidents and as much as 45% of all the consumer profiles that have been compromised in typical breaches. Read »

