The statistic presents the distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector. It was found that data breaches in the medical and healthcare sector constituted 35.64 percent of all data breaches in the United States in the measured period.
Distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector
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Statistics on U.S. companies and cyber crime
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Attacks
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- Basic Statistic Most common insider threats in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Most common data exfiltration behaviors during insider threats in the U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. organizations that experienced a ransomware attack and paid ransom 2020
Damages and consequences
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- Premium Statistic Cyber crime: distribution of data exposed 2014-2019, by sector
- Basic Statistic Average cost per data breach in the United States 2006-2022
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Cyber security
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- Premium Statistic Plans to defend against cyber attacks in organizations in U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Frequency of cyber security training for employees in organizations in the U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Cyber security regulations encountered by U.S. employees 2018
- Premium Statistic Identity and access management deployment status in U.S. 2018
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- Premium Statistic Identity management technologies used in U.S. organizations 2019
- Premium Statistic Required annual password changes among North American organizations 2019, by vertical
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Cyber insurance
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- Premium Statistic Share of SME cyber insurance claims made in North America 2015-2019, by cause of loss
- Premium Statistic Average costs of SME cyber insurance claims in North America 2014-2018, by cause
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- Premium Statistic Change in cyber insurance premium pricing U.S. 2017-2018
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Further related statistics
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- U.S. company data loss prevention methods 2017
- Global opinion on post-data breach priorities of companies 2018
- Share of UK companies that use identity and data access management 2010-2015
- Most severe financial service industry data breeches 1984-2017, by records stolen
- Post data breach response costs worldwide 2017-2018
- Detection and escalation costs due to data breaches worldwide 2018
- Lost business costs due to data breaches worldwide 2018
- Emerging technology investments healthcare payers and providers IT security 2018
- Motives of U.S. health data breaches committed in 2017, by actor
- Cybersecurity success measures among healthcare payers and providers globally 2018
- Most impactful types of successful healthcare data breaches worldwide 2018
- Most frequently experienced types of healthcare data breaches globally 2018
- Ownership of cyber insurance in the U.S. 2013-2015, by industry
- Number of identities exposed via data breaches 2016, by sector
- Insider threat as an element of cyber breaches worldwide 2012-2017
- Breached smart home systems in the past 12 months in the US & Canada 2021
- Impact of recent breaches on willingness to share personal data in the U.S. 2021
- Mexico: child online safety level 2020, by criterion
- Online banking password changes in Poland 2019
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- Share of UK companies that use identity and data access management 2010-2015
- Most severe financial service industry data breeches 1984-2017, by records stolen
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- Motives of U.S. health data breaches committed in 2017, by actor
- Cybersecurity success measures among healthcare payers and providers globally 2018
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- Most frequently experienced types of healthcare data breaches globally 2018
- Ownership of cyber insurance in the U.S. 2013-2015, by industry
- Number of identities exposed via data breaches 2016, by sector
- Insider threat as an element of cyber breaches worldwide 2012-2017
- Breached smart home systems in the past 12 months in the US & Canada 2021
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Identity Theft Resource Center. (January 28, 2020). Distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/422115/distribution-of-data-breaches-usa-by-sector/
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector." Chart. January 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/422115/distribution-of-data-breaches-usa-by-sector/
Identity Theft Resource Center. (2020). Distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/422115/distribution-of-data-breaches-usa-by-sector/
Identity Theft Resource Center. "Distribution of Data Breaches in The United States from 2014 to 2019, by Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/422115/distribution-of-data-breaches-usa-by-sector/
Identity Theft Resource Center, Distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/422115/distribution-of-data-breaches-usa-by-sector/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Distribution of data breaches in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by sector [Graph], Identity Theft Resource Center, January 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/422115/distribution-of-data-breaches-usa-by-sector/