Posts Tagged idtheft
2012: “A year of Identity & Fraud” a review by Experian
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 04/01/2013
Experian, a global information services company has posted two summaries of its research and blogs for 2012. I have taken the information that relates to Identity theft and fraud and consolidated it into one post. In March, Experian revealed its latest research which estimated £1.02 billion worth of online shopping transactions were abandoned the previous year […]
Data Protection & Breach Readiness Guide
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 25/01/2012
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) has release it’s 2012 Data Protection & Breach Readiness Guide, a comprehensive guide outlining key questions and recommendations to help businesses in breach prevention and incident management. This post is a summary of their results and guidance. Craig Spiezle, Executive Director and President of the Online Trust Alliance said “Last year, […]
Six Years of Data Breaches including the TOP 10 largest Breaches
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 19/09/2011
Image by jaygoldman via Flickr The Leaking Vault 2011 report from the Digital Forensics Association has gathered data from studying 3,765 publicly disclosed data breach incidents, and is the largest study of its kind to date. Information was gleaned from the organizations that track these events, as well as government sources. Data breaches from 33 countries were […]