We are excited to release the fifth edition of our annual Data Security Incident Response Report. This year’s report provides metrics from the 750+ potential incidents our team led clients through in 2018, as well as “Take Action” segments that feature insights from our team on key response items. Because it is our Report’s fifth … Continue Reading
On Monday we published our fourth annual Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides an analysis of the more than 560 cyber incidents handled by the team in 2017. Reflecting on the increasingly sophisticated nature of attacks, the aggressiveness by regulators in researching breaches and the expectations of highly developed responses, the report offers intelligence to … Continue Reading
As part of our ongoing series analyzing the 2016 BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, this article takes a closer look at the factors that play a role in whether an entity will face a regulatory investigation or litigation as a result of a data breach. As the title suggests, the size of breach is … Continue Reading
For years now, there has been much talk and concern regarding the security risks associated with storing sensitive data in the cloud. These concerns are not unfounded. Hackers have grown more and more sophisticated, and a large cloud service provider is a high-profile and data-rich target, holding the sensitive information of thousands of companies and … Continue Reading
On March 30, 2016, we released our second annual Data Security Incident Response Report. Key findings show that phishing/hacking/malware was the cause of 31% of data security incidents during 2015, revealing a shift from 2014 when human error was the leading cause. The report also continues the inaugural-year theme that no industry is immune to … Continue Reading