Study Publisher: Trustwave
Study Date: April 15 2016
Study URL: https://www2.trustwave.com/rs/815-RFM-693/images/2016%20Trustwave%20Global%20Security%20Report.pdf

Study Overview:
Hundreds of data compromise investigations were conducted by Trustwave across 17 countries. They also conducted thousands of penetration tests across databases, networks and applications

Statistics From This Study:

• Weak administrator passwords were identified as critical risks in 7% of penetration tests
• Weak passwords accounted for 7% of the compromises investigated