According the Verizon Data Breach Report, C-level executives are 12 times more likely to be the target of security incidents and 9 times more likely to be the target of data breaches than in last year’s report while the growth of financial social engineering attacks targeting these business executives rose from single digits to dozens in this year’s report. 43% of all breaches occurred at small businesses and financial gain remains the #1 driver of all data breaches
Source: Cybercriminals Favor Targeting Top Executives, Small Businesses, Money: Verizon Data Breach Report
