Verizon’s longstanding Data Breach Investigations Report1, or DBIR, is an excellent starting point to understand the larger trends in security and data protection. The DBIR is based on statistics collected by the US Secret Service, the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit, and 17 other state and governmental contributors, representing incidents on a global scale. While there may be a few significant one-off breaches, over the years the report has been published—since 2004—key trends have emerged.
