Richard Hicks' Forefront TMG Blog

Earlier this week, Verizon Business released their 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). This report details 90 confirmed breaches involving the compromise of 285 million records. The report shows that of these beaches, 74 percent were from external sources. The vast majority of these breaches were caused by mistakes, including poor access controls, default credentials, and SQL injection. 83 percent of the attacks were not considered difficult, and an astounding 87 percent were considered avoidable through simple or intermediate controls. Simply astounding…