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Verizon Releases Data Breach Investigation Report
As I read through the report, here’s what jumped out at me. 73% of data breaches resulted from external sources, including business partners. The Retail, Food & Beverage and Financial Services industries were disproportionate targets of data breaches, clearly due to their concentration and possession of personal credit card data. While 73% of data breaches came from outside sources, the damage done in terms of the number of records compromised paled in comparison with the damage done by internal attacks. The median number of records compromised by an internal job was 375,000. 80% of breaches were classified as low to medium in terms of difficulty to execute. Only 17% were deemed to be of a high difficulty to execute, which high difficulty being defined as needing specialized skills and resources in order to pull off the hack. 70% of the time, victims of breaches are notified by third parties. That's a pretty interesting fact, so what's the cause? Do IT shops lack the tools? Does the market lack an integrated, easy to manage offering to solve the problem? Are IT shops just not watching? I suspect all three are factors. Here’s the most shocking and alarming statistic for me: Want to read the full report? Follow this link. « Sprint Sets $129 Price Point For Instinct | Main | Red Hat In Boston, Part 1.0: A Community Gathering » |
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