The importance of information security and data protection is growing by the day for organizations. this is due to an evolving threat landscape and a higher adoption of internet dependent services, which, in the process of creating new opportunities, also lead to more vulnerabilities. as a consequence, national and international regulations are also changing according to the new challenges, calling for better preparedness. The new BCI Information security report 2017 sponsored by mimecast looks to benchmark how organizations handle sensitive data and how resilient organizations are when it comes to data protection.