What you need to know: Vulnerability exploitation surged by nearly 3X (180%) last year. Ransomware and the meteoric rise of extortion techniques accounted for a third (32%) of all breaches. More than two-thirds (68%) of breaches involve a non-malicious human element. 30,458 security incidents and 10,626 confirmed breaches were analyzed in 2023—a two-fold increase over 2022. Verizon security by the numbers: 4,200+ networks managed globally, 34 trillion raw logs processed/year, and 9 security operation center ...