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The yin and yang of cybersecurity
The yin and yang of cybersecurity
December 21, 2009 10:00 AM
Howard (right) and Prince (below) say online peace can only come when corporations achieve “cyberbalance.” Photos: Perimeter
On the Internet, the good guys and the bad guys are inextricably connected. But what happens when one side gets the upper hand?
By Doug Howard, chief strategy officer, and [...]
2009 Verizon Business Risk Team Findings
Key Findings of the 2009 Verizon Business Risk Team Cybercrime Report
This year’s key findings both support last year’s conclusions and provide new insights. These include:
* Most data breaches investigated were caused by external sources. Seventy-four percent of breaches resulted from external sources, while 32 percent were linked to [...]
Spear Phishing Scam
Kevin Prince of Perimeter eSecurity has an interesting post regarding the anatomy of a spear phishing or targeted phishing attack using the recent Aetna data breach as an illustration. You can see it here.
All of Kevin’s stuff is posted at security.perimeterusa.com
Retail Data Breach Study Analysis
Perimeter eSecurity released a retail data breach study several months ago. There was an insightful article posted that I thought made some very good points. Be sure to read the comments at the bottom as well.
Would your employees sell out?
According to a new survey of 600 people, one third of employees would sell company secrets for compensation. The amount of compensation needed varied based on who was spoken to. This survey was done by the same people who famously got usernames and passwords from people in exchange for a chocolate bar last [...]
Financial Data Breach Sources
Some good analysis from a post on Perimeter.
“In the study we just released on financial institution data breaches between 200 and 2008 we analyze the breach sources.
Hacking accounts for 42 percent of incidents but 55 percent of records compromised. This is the largest percent of incidents and records which is why financial [...]
Financial Services Companies Have The Data Hackers Want
In the newly published study on financail data security breaches between 2000 and 2008, it reports that 12 percent of data breach incidents come from financial services companies, but account for over one third of all records compromised.
Financial services companies are often targeted by criminals because that is where the “crown jewels” are. [...]
Is Your Identity Stolen Every 18 Months?
In the recently release financial institution data breach study by Kevin Prince at Perimeter eSecurity. The first part of the study breaks down just what we don’t know about data breaches. He states that according to a Dark Reading article where a survey of IT admins was conducted, only 11 percent of companies [...]
FBI Cybercrime Report
In the recently released annual FBI Cybercrime report, there is some interesting bits of data.
The jump in complaints can probably be partially correlated to the downturn in the economy. Several individuals predicted this would occur.
Here’s a look at the scams prompting the most complaints (by percentage), along with the average amount of [...]
Hacker Difficulty Level
In the 2008 Data Breach Investigation Report by the Verison Business Risk Team, they determined the attack difficulty for attackers to exploit the systems that resulted in the data breach.
The chart and commentary follows a “path of least resistance” philosophy subscribed to by most security professionals. As they specify in the report, [...]