As data grows and organizations become more vast, the risk of sensitive data being breached increases at an alarming pace. With data breaches making the headlines more than ever, organizations are ...

Today's mobile enterprise poses extreme security challenges for IT teams. Users routinely access sensitive business data from laptops, tablets and even smartphones. Yet these devices are often lost, ...

Many leaders picture a unknown hacker when data loss comes to mind. However, employees can pose risks that are just as significant. Data loss can be catastrophic. IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report ...

If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern. Today, security is at the front and center of many conversations, woven into almost every major story of the year ...

The number of U.S. organizations that reported a data breach last year reached an all-time high, fueling worries of "breach fatigue" by a jaded populace even as critics decry an increasingly ...

More than 471 million victim notices were issued in six months, according to a report, but most breach notices didn’t explain how attackers got in. The next time a company tells you it suffered a ...

Data breaches are surging in 2026, with artificial intelligence playing a growing role in cyberattacks, and 'malicious insider' incidents also on the rise.

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. If we look at data breaches by size alone, 2025 delivered what seems to be encouraging news: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

A data breach is a security incident where an unauthorized individual accesses sensitive information. When a breach happens, personal, financial or confidential data can be exposed, stolen or misused.

South Africa’s escalating cybersecurity crisis is inflicting a devastating blow to the national economy, with costly data breaches potentially knocking at least 1.81% off the country’s annual GDP, a ...