There’s no question that the reported number of data breaches has decreased in 2009. But is it just the reported cases or is it the actual number of breaches? Either way, it raises the question of why. Solar flares?
Probably not solar flares; at least that would be my guess. I suspect that the article at at the Open Security Foundation doesn’t think so either but they’ve done a good job of listing possible reasons. They mention better security, but don’t seem to analyze it much.
I’d admit that they can only analyze reported breaches. If they aren’t reported, we don’t know about them unless we have some insider information. I’d like to think that the number of breaches are really decreasing – but I can’t. I have to think it’s at least one of the Open Security Foundation’s possibilities.
Some of the article is meant to be humorous but it’s still a good read.
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