[Dataloss] Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions'

[Chris Walsh]

This just in -- Rich Mogull has X-Ray vision!  :^)

The headline is misleading.  He didn't say it *is* worse, he
said that he knows it exists and that it *could* be worse.

As many of us have been saying for years, the hidden part of
the iceberg is the part we need to learn more about.

Chris


On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:22:22PM +0000, lyger wrote:
> 
> (Interesting article considering only three incidents out of 759 in the 
> Data Loss Database - Open Source were reported from Australia...)
> 
> http://www.securecomputing.net.au/news/59136,personal-data-leaks-worse-in-australia-than-other-regions.aspx
> 
> Corporate data breaches - which can lead to identity theft - are occurring 
> in Australia and without disclosure laws similar to those in the US those 
> affected will never know they are at risk, claim Gartner analysts.
> 
> Speaking at the Gartner IT Security Summit in Sydney this week, Rich 
> Mogull research VP at Gartner said he can guarantee data breaches in 
> Australia are occurring and the situation could be worse than in other 
> regions of the world -the only difference is - here it is hidden.
> 
> "I know breaches are occurring, banks don't tell me when they have 
> breaches, the merchants don't tell me when they have breaches but I work 
> with a lot of businesses here," said Mogull.
> 
> "Australia is not getting off easy, it's just hidden. To be honest this is 
> a harsher environment - because of the proximity to some of the Asian 
> economies where a lot of this happens," said Mogull.
> 
> [...]
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