Verizon Claims 9 of 10 Corporate Security Breaches Avoidable

In one of the more exhaustive studies we've seen lately, Verizon Business Security concluded "nearly nine out of 10 breaches were considered avoidable if security basics had been followed." The study , based on 285 million compromised records from 90 confirmed breaches, suggested many of the data security breaches did not require extensive fixes to plug the leaks. "...did not require difficult or expensive preventive controls. The 2009 report concluded that mistakes and oversight failures hindered security efforts more than a lack of resources at the time of the breach." Even more alarming, though, is the vast majority of those security breaches were not discovered by the target but rather by other entities which had to bring it to the target's attention: "In 69 percent of cases, the breach was discovered by third parties." So, the key takeaways are the problem is growing, it's mostly avoidable, and the organizations suffering the data security breaches don't typically know about the problem until notified by a 3rd party (meaning consumers). Our tip for today is to guard your financial future and assets against identity theft . Don't leave it up to organizations who are either clueless or distracted with corporate mergers and other internal issues to combat the highly focused identity theft crime syndicates that exploit organizational vulnerabilities which render your hard earned financial data available on the world market. This article may be published in it's entirety on your site. Article courtesy of

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