Data breaches have become an ever-present risk in the modern digital age, and with more brands investing more of their time and resources into connected elements, the stakes continue to rise, stretching from where your customer information is stored all the way through to who has access to your brand's Twitter account.

Given this, it's important to take all the necessary precautions to protect your information, and keep your clients and company safe.

Underlining the importance of this element, the below infographic from Hosting Tribunal provides an overview of some of the biggest data breaches, and their impacts, over the past 15 years. 

If you need a reminder of the why you need to reinforce your data security, this overview certainly serves as a solid wake-up call.

A version of this post was first published on the Digital Information World blog.