There has been a large decline in ethical leadership worldwide and a growing lack of loyalty towards employees and citizens. Considering this environment, it's pretty much a given that theft and breaches will happen. It doesn't help that our government discourages accountability and massively funds data theft.

The problem with encryption and other measures is that people are lazy and management doesn't want to spend money on tools and training. When a large percentage of technical professionals I met don't even understand the basics of PKI and topics of that ilk, it's evident that the industry as a whole is only pay lip service to security and is cargo-culting on a minimal as needed basis.