DBIR 2013 – The Breaches Keep Coming

Verizon has recently published their 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) covering incidents that occurred in 2012. We’ve all seen the headlines that show all too clearly that security breaches continue:

22 million logons stolen from Yahoo Japan

$45 million stolen in complex ATM heist from two middle eastern banks

And just this week, $300 million in losses from the theft of 160 million payment cards in extremely well organised, multi-year fraud

The Verizon DBIR underscores those headlines with a lot of hard data, gathered from 47,000 security incidents during 2012. Over the next few weeks we’re going to take a good look at the DBIR, and see what sort of conclusions we can draw from it that apply to NonStop users – what applications and data are at risk, from what sorts of attacks, and what can be done to protect those valuable assets.

Here are some facts from the 2013 DBIR to get you started:

621 confirmed data breaches studied in detail

19 contributors, including government agencies, private security organizations and consulting companies

44 million records compromised

The largest and most comprehensive data breach study performed each year

75% of attacks were opportunistic – not targeted at a specific individual or company – with the majority of those financially motivated

37% of breaches affected financial institutions

The fully report is available here:
http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2013/

In the next blog we’ll take a look at the trends that become clear from this data, and what you can learn for your organization to be best prepared to defend against these attacks. In the third instalment we’ll look at some NonStop-specific recommendations that can help in your shop, and finally we’ll wrap up with some thoughts on XYPRO products and services that are relevant to the study.

What do you think – have you read the DBIR? How relevant is it to your organization and your role? Let us know by emailing me atandrew.price@xypro.com.