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Ryan Naraine, Emil Protalinski and Dancho Danchev

Verizon partners with U.S. Secret Service on data breach report

By | May 8, 2010, 8:50am PDT

Summary: Verizon’s invaluable Data Breach Investigations Report will now include data from hundreds of computer crime cases investigated by the U.S. Secret Service

Verizon’s invaluable Data Breach Investigations Report will now include data from hundreds of computer crime cases investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, the company announced this week.

The report, which is among the best at tracking data loss incidents, is based on a framework called VERIS (.pdf) that allows the comparison of data sets.

According to Verizon’s Wade Baker, the 2010 report which is slated for release this summer will feature findings from Verizon’s own caseload and hundreds of computer crime cases investigated by the Secret Service.follow Ryan Naraine on twitter

Earlier this year, the Secret Service began working with Verizon to leverage the VERIS framework to classify and analyze their caseload from the last two years. Because Verizon (of course) also uses VERIS, the result is two very compatible and very compelling datasets that represent a sizable proportion of known data breaches last year (note: the names of victim organizations are not shared between the two entities).

In addition to a much larger dataset, the Secret Service’s participation will offer a fresh perspective to the DBIR, including what happens after a breach to identify suspects, make arrests, extradite foreign nationals, and prosecute cybercriminals.

Baker said the partnership is a “natural expansion and evolution” of the data breach report and will help to improve the awareness understanding, and preparedness regarding data breaches.

The 2010 DBIR is slated for release later this summer.

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The most important disclosure is of my employment with Kaspersky Lab as a member of the global research and analysis team. Kaspersky Lab is a global company specializing in anti-malware and secure content management technologies. I do not own stocks or other investments in any technology company.

Biography

Ryan Naraine

Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He is currently security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, an anti-malware company with operations around the globe. He is taking a leadership role in developing the company's online community initiative around secure content management technologies.

Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, Ryan was Editor-at-Large/Security at eWEEK, leading the magazine's and Web site's coverage of Internet and computer security issues and managing the popular SecurityWatch blog, covering the daily threats, vulnerabilities and IT security technologies. He also covered IT security, hacker attacks and secure content management topics for Jupiter Media's internetnetnews.com.

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