It seems the world is engaged in an endless game of whack-a-mole with cyber thieves intent on stealing our money and privacy. It stinks, and it doesn’t help when employees at companies get careless with safeguarding sensitive information in either digital or analog form, making it easier for it to fall into the wrong hands.

A new survey from data protection research firm Ponemon Institute and document destruction company Shred-It found that 68% of surveyed companies reported a data breach of confidential documents within the past 12 months; of these, 69% say one or more of these data breaches involved the loss or theft of paper documents or electronic devices containing sensitive or confidential information.

The survey entailed 650 people in key positions in North American organizations covering 16 industry classifications. The respondents held positions ranging from information technology and human resources to senior management and business owners.  read the rest here