Report on leaks of information - Protection of data 3

SECURIT Analytics report about leaks of information for the year 2010 | © 2011 Company SECURIT Abstract

Analytical Center SECURIT Analytics report presents the results of a leak of confidential information made public in 2010. Portable encryption software Related leaks knowingly received increased attention, because in 2009 only as a result of publicized incidents affecting more than 300 million citizens, and losses to leak organizations totaled over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Overall, since the beginning of statistics affecting more than one billion people around the world, and the only direct damages organizations amounted to a more than $ 10 billion.

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Purpose of Report SECURIT Analytics - once again draw attention to the problem-STI unprotected personal data and confidential information in most organizations. The report provides statistics of all detected incidents, the insight into the largest and most interesting diversion and a forecast of the situation. The target audience of the report - top managers and specialists in information security of commercial and government organizations, legislators and journalists.

Leakage of information in this report refers to incidents that result in access to confidential data received by people not originally entitled to it. The culprits of the incident can be employees, contractors or are not related to the Organization's attackers, and can serve as a diversion channel USB-devices, email, instant messengers, public web services, laptops or backup data. A classic example of a situation can be called a leak from WikiLeaks, which is devoted to a separate chapter. As a result of WikiLeaks virtually every human on the planet was able to read a lot of secret documents.