A study conducted by the cybersecurity company Thales and analyst firm 451 Research found U.S. federal agencies suffer a higher volume of data breaches compared to the rest of the world, ZDNet reports. The study found 57 percent of U.S. federal agencies suffered a data breach last year, while only 26 percent of non-U.S. government agencies worldwide reported an incident. U.S. agencies also said they were more vulnerable than their global counterparts, with 68 percent saying they are “very” or “extremely” vulnerable, compared to 48 percent of worldwide agencies. Thales suggests budget plays a part in the problem for U.S. agencies, as the overall federal budget dropped by $6.2 billion in 2017, with a large portion of the budget going toward maintaining older legacy systems.
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