Risk Based Security Partners With AIG For CyberEdge iPad App

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Risk Based Security is pleased to announce our partnership with AIG on their newly released CyberEdge iPad app. The free app was created by AIG to provide policyholders, insurance professionals and risk managers with news, events and up to the minute data breach information. One of the key features of the app is the Data [...]

2012 Sets New Record for Reported Data Breaches

Risk Based Security’s 2012 Data Breach QuickView report, now available for download, shows that 2012 broke the previous all-time record for the number of reported data loss incidents. With 2,644 incidents recorded through mid-January 2013, 2012 more than doubled the previous highest year on record (2011). On a slightly positive note, although the number of [...]

Historically, Over 1.2 Billion Records Exposed According to Risk Based Security, Inc.

RICHMOND, VA, February 22, 2012 — The global economy may have remained weak in 2011, but criminal efforts to compromise personal information remained strong, according to Risk Based Security, Inc (RBS). The total number of records exposed in 2011 topped 368 million and represents the highest annual lost records total ever recorded. The previous high [...]

Over One Billion Records Exposed According to Risk Based Security, Inc.

Over One Billion Records Exposed According to Risk Based Security, Inc. RICHMOND, VA, Nov. 9, 2011 — The slowdown in the global economy has certainly not translated into a corresponding slowdown in criminal efforts to compromise personal information, according to Risk Based Security, Inc. The total number of records exposed during the first 9 months [...]

Data Breaches Harder to Understand

Brian Martin from the Open Security Foundation writes: On the off chance you missed any news outlet the last 30 days, an “anti security” movement has been reborn. Started in 1999, the Antisec Movement focused on encouraging security consultants and hackers not to disclose vulnerabilities to vendors. The recent resurgence of this movement has also morphed it [...]