The document summarizes statistics about data breaches that occurred in 2015 according to a report from Trustwave. The report found that 75% of data breaches in the hospitality industry involved point of sale systems while food and beverage had more even splits between POS and network breaches. Most common types of data compromised across all industries were financial credentials and proprietary data. Breaches were detected internally through self-monitoring more often than being notified by external regulators or law enforcement.

1. 2015
2014
STATISTICS OF
2015 DATA
BREACHES
2015 was a rough year for hotel data security as
numerous major companies reported breaches.
The 2016 “Trustwave global security report” reviewed
data intrusions from around the world in 2015 to locate
trends and identify common weaknesses, sharing the
statistics for corporate data breaches with further
breakdowns by industry.
External detection means the victim
is notified by regulatory bodies, law
enforcement or other third parties.
Source: Trustwave
18%
9%
9%
100%
point of sales corporate/internal network
IT Environments Compromised
Hospitality 75%
25%
45% 55%
Food and
Beverage
e-commerce credit card magnetic strip data
Types of Data Compromised
proprietary data financial credentials
64%
Internal Versus External
Detection of a Breach
Median duration of a data breach until detection (days)
126
External
10
Internal
16815
Median duration between detection and containment (days)
28 External1Internal
Internal detection means victims of
a data breach have the capability to
detect an intrusion on their own or
through a third-party security provider.
Hospitality
Food and
Beverage
illustrations: annamarie hudson
2015
Top method of detection 2014 Regulatory bodies, card brands or merchant banks
Top method of detection 2015 Self-detected