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Physical Security Breaches Trump Vulnerabilities
When it comes to publicly disclosed breaches, chances are the root cause was a stolen system, not a hack.When it comes to publicly disclosed breaches, chances are the root cause was a stolen system, not a hack.That's right. If you want to protect your customers from identity theft, chain down your servers and clench those notebooks, according to Microsoft's most recent Security Intelligence Report, which was released today. Microsoft's SIR report is released twice a year. Today's report covers the second half of 2007.
The report states that a whopping 57% of all publicly disclosed breaches are caused by lost or stolen systems. At least for the second half of 2007. Only 13% were caused by active hacking, such as the Hannaford or TJ Maxx fiascos.
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The full report is available from Microsoft.
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