The Human Factor

Last week Verizon published its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2013. This years report presents Verizon’s analysis of 47,626 security incidents.

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The EQC Privacy Breach – Where’s the Risk Management?

On Friday, Ian Simpson the Chief Executive of the Earthquake Commission (EQC) held a media conference and announced that a staff member had accidentally sent an email with an attachment containing a spreadsheet with the details of 9,700 Christchurch residents and their claims, to a recipient outside of the organisation.

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Default deny

Earlier this week Mandiant released a report about an advanced persistent threat APT1  , where they reveal evidence of cyber espionage targeting a variety of organisations around the world.

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