Check out the new 2011 Verizon Data Breach Report

The new Verizon report came out this week. Always a favorite, this report highlights insider fraud, breach risks and other useful data. Here are some of my favorite stats:

• 83% of attacks were classified as “opportunistic” meaning the victim was identified because they exhibited a weakness or vulnerability that the attacker could exploit. (pg. 52)
• 74% of breaches in the study take weeks or months to discover (after point of compromise). (pg. 55)
• 30% of fraud is discovered when there is a notification by law enforcement; 6% were reported to the organization by the affected customer or partner. (pg. 59)
• 1/3 of the breaches studied in the report showed evidence of anti-forensics. (pg. 61)
• A recommendation to restrict and monitor privileged users and conducting annual user account reviews were cited among the best ways to prevent or curtail fraud. (pg. 68)

You can find the full 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report here

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