2014 was a record year for data breaches, and the numbers will only rise. The number of U.S. data breaches that were tracked in 2014 hit an all-time high of 783, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Since 2005, there have been in excess of 5,000 data breach incidents, involving over 675 million records. Keep in mind, that this number only encompasses those reported, many breaches fly under the radar every day.

Eva Velasquez, the president and CEO of ITRC, ...