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Verizon Details 16 Common Data Breach Scenarios

There are 16 common data breach scenarios that can affect every part of an organization, said a Verizon news release outlining a report Tuesday. "Breaches are growing in complexity and sophistication," said Bryan Sartin, executive director of Verizon's Research, Investigations,…

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Solutions and Knowledge (Risk) team, which performs cyber investigations for companies and government. "Breaches touch every part of an organization up to and including its board of directors." The telco said 10 of the 16 scenarios represent more than 60 percent of the 1,400 cases investigated by the RISK team over the past three years. The other six are less common but still considered "highly damaging."