How do your Websites stack up when it comes to consumer security and
privacy protections? On the whole, when it comes to security and privacy best practices, social media sites are leading the way, while sites operated by banks and the U.S. government are lagging.
2011 has become known as the "Year of the Breach" due to the numerous high-profile data breaches that year, affecting companies like Sony, RSA, Epsilon and NASDAQ. In all, according to the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report, 2011 saw 855 data breach incidents and 174 million compromised records across 36 countries. The trend continued into 2012, starting in January with Zappos, which experienced a breach of 24 million records.
Verizon found the top causes of breaches in 2011 were hacking (81% of incidents, up from 50% in 2010) and malware (69% of incidents, up from 49% in 2010). Ninety-seven percent of the incidents were avoidable through simple steps and internal controls, Verizon found.
