Here are four things to know:
1. An average of 25.3 breaches occurred each month in the first half of 2016.
2. This number rallied to 39.3 breaches per month in the latter half of this year.
3. There were 37 data breaches in September.
4. Insider threats and hackers were the culprits behind most of September’s data security incidents.
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