According to a Deloitte Survey, more than 50% of companies surveyed admitted to having a data loss in from June 2005 - June 2006, with roughly 33% of those incidents directly resulting in financial losses. It is estimated information security breaches in the U.S. are reported at a rate of one every three days.

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