REPORTS...: April 2009 Archives

Wired.com says it's refreshing to read a study on "Social Software and National Security," out of the Pentagon-sponsored National Defense University, that actually makes sense. Written by Mark Drapeau and former Pentagon CIO Lin Wells, the paper takes a clear-eyed view of what these new apps can do -- and makes some smart, if basic, suggestions for how government types might uses the tools. READ MORE

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The Verizon forensics team analyzed thousands of data points from investigations around the world - including many never publicly reported - and found that in 2008 alone, more than 285 million records were compromised. That's more than the previous four years combined. The 2009 Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report offers an objective view of these data breaches, including analysis that we believe will be helpful to the planning and security efforts of our readers. DOWNLOAD REPORT

The FBI has reported in the 2008 Internet Crime Report that Internet crime complaints in 2008 rose 33 percent (275,284) over the number of complaints that were reported in 2007.  DOWNLOAD