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AU: COMMENTARY: Get ready for dataloss reporting laws
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:06:11 +0000 (UTC)
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/topics/article.asp?DocID=6101268 It's naive in the extreme to assume there have been no major dataloss incidents involving Australian companies over the last few years. Recently the folks at flowingdata.com generated a chart based on the Attrition.org dataloss archive showing the 10 largest dataloss incidents since 2000. The frequency of reported incidents appears to dramatically increase over timeline, suggesting the problem is getting much, much worse. On the surface of things the apparent acceleration of serious incidents involving consumer data does appear alarming. However, it's more likely things have always been this bad. The only reason serious dataloss incidents are now being reported in the United States (the flowingdata.com chart includes one UK incident) is almost certainly the result of the introduction of mandatory dataloss disclosure laws there. Since the state legislature in California passed its pioneering laws forcing companies to inform their customers when their data has leaked, 38 US States have followed suit, with many more in the process of updating their legislation to fall in line. As the reporting laws have been introduced, more companies have been forced to disclose incidents, so the stats are looking grim. Truth is, it's probably always been this bad. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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