It is hard to keep up with all of the various computer security incidents occurring daily. One can’t help but wonder if more incidents are being reported and spreading through social media and internet news or if more incidents are taking place. It is likely both. The good news is, over the last couple of years, IT pros have been taking notice and beginning to take security seriously.
For this post, I want to discuss one category of computer security incidents – the data breach. Specifically, I want to talk about data breaches that involve unprotected data or weakly protected data. These type of breaches come in various flavors but generally fall into the following categories:
- Unencrypted data on stolen laptop. There are many examples of these incidents:Milford Schools data breach,Stanfordalso has been the victim of laptop thieves, and...