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Verizon's latest report on data breach statistics offers security pros a guide to the most persistent threats and where attention should be focused to defend against them.

By Alfonso Barreiro
May 15, 2013

Verizon has released the 2013 edition of their Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), an analysis of the data obtained from breach investigations that they and other organizations have performed during the previous year. The data for this report includes incidents from Verizon’s own investigations and 18 other organizations around the world, for a total of 621 confirmed data breaches and over 47,000 security incidents.

The report contains a wealth of information that paints a clear picture of the motives and techniques used by attackers to compromise their target organizations. It’s an interesting read and there are many lessons that can be found within.

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