The document discusses strategies for organizations to ensure personal data safety in the face of increasing data breaches. It recommends that organizations extend security strategies beyond their own systems to include employee, supplier, and customer systems. It also advises segmenting critical data to contain losses from breaches and to obsessively apply software patches in a timely manner to address known weaknesses. A survey found that consumers have high expectations of data breaches occurring across many industries and geographic regions.

1. 34%
Airlines are seen as least vulnerable
to data breaches
42%
of consumers are concerned
about the possibility of a data breach
in healthcare
EXTEND THE ENTERPRISE:
Organizations should deploy
new security strategies that
address not only the needs
of their own systems, but
also those belonging to their
employees, their suppliers,
and even their customers.
SEGMENT RELIGIOUSLY:
By segmenting off their
most critical data,
organizations are able to
withstand a breach by
containing the loss.
PATCH OBSESSIVELY:
Most false entry is still
gained via well-known
weaknesses in software
and configurations, and
patches are being
created in real time to
address them. But they
don’t do any good if they
are not applied quickly.
UNISYS STRATEGIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS
TO ENSURE PERSONAL DATA SAFETY
unisys.com/securityinsights
45%
expect a data breach from
utility companies within the next year
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believe a
data breach from a
retailer is likely
42%
The average proportion of consumers
seeing a data breach in banks is
48%
Expectations of a data breach
occurring in a government agency
is also high at
49%
The perceptions about the likelihood of a data breach is significantly
high among countries labeled in red, while countries labeled in blue
are perceived to have moderate to low concern levels
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
MEXICO
US UK
FRANCE
MALAYSIA
SPAIN
NETHERLANDS
COLOMBIA
NEW ZEALAND
GERMANY
59%
of consumers
see a data
breach as
likely
Telecommunications
companies are
perceived to be
the most vulnerable
to a personal
data breach
In light of seemingly constant news about the loss of personal data,
UNISYS SECURITY INSIGHTS asks consumers in 12 countries:
How likely do you think
YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION
SHARED WITH ORGANIZATIONS
will be accessed by an unauthorized person either accidently
or deliberately within the next 12 months?