Savid CEO, Michael Davis, is quoted by NetworkComputing.com regarding how total number of network breaches are on the rise, although data loss from cyber attacks has decreased significantly:
According to Michael Davis, CEO of a Chicago-based security consulting firm, Savid Technologies, and author of the new InformationWeek Reports How to Pick Endpoint Protection, malware was by far the most common reason for security breaches suffered by respondents to the InformationWeek 2011 Strategic Security Survey. He says they routinely see users dismiss a security prompt or choose to execute a program (which turns out to be malicious) because they are irritated at being interrupted or don’t understand the consequences of their actions.