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If there is one word that summarizes the 2013 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report released today, it’s breadth. Breadth among the contributing organizations, and breadth of the data. 19 different organizations contributed to the 2013 report, making for the most comprehensive Verizon DBIR data set to date. The sheer variety in the ways contributors organize...

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I’ve happily managed largely to avoid getting entangled in the New Year’s ritual of security predictions, since these can, frankly, be fairly boring. But for those who expect such, here you go: Attackers will continue to succeed. Determined adversaries will become even more so. Moving one set of playing pieces does not alter the objectives...

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posted by Scott Crawford   | October 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

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Last week, I had the opportunity to spend a few days with a truly interesting and diverse group of practitioners, who I think are on to the future of information security. It will come as no surprise to anyone who follows this blog that I believe that future is centered on the ability to do...

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(Ed. note: After too long a hiatus, I wanted to round out this series that began here and continued here, here and here. This will certainly not be the end of my coverage of data-driven security, however. Keep an eye on this blog as the field continues to unfold.) In this series, I’ve described three...

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posted by Scott Crawford   | February 8, 2011 | one Comments

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One of nature’s great migrations will take place once again next week as the IT security world makes its annual pilgrimage to the RSA Conference in San Francisco. (And yes, dear, it means Valentine’s Day spent with a buncha geeks and suits rather than you…go figure.) Herewith a glimpse of some of the main things...

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