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repost: has "data loss" jumped the shark?
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:20:44 +0000 (UTC)
(note: this was posted to the data loss mail list over 2.5 years ago. if you look at the 2009 monthly graph at http://datalossdb.org/ , reported monthly incidents have been in a steady decline since February. So... why might this trend be occuring? Please send all replies to the dataloss-discuss list. You can subscribe to the discuss list here: http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list) http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dataloss/2007-02/0050.html For those of you not familiar with the term in the subject, it harkens back to an old episode of "Happy Days" where Fonzie revs up his motorcycle and literally "jumps a shark". Some would argue that from that point on, "Happy Days" was never the same again; it reached its peak and from there, it went all downhill. http://www.jumptheshark.com/ Looking at Attrition's Data Loss web page and Data Loss Database (DLDOS), I can't help but think of all of the time and research spent on chronicling these events. 26 million here, 72 there, a couple thousand here and there. This month (February 2007) alone, the web page and database have already been updated 17 times... and it's only the 11th of the month. Other than for hardcore privacy advocates and those who make their living in the security, identity theft prevention, or risk management arenas, is it even news anymore? Is data loss really still worthy of front-page news headlines, or has it become so commonplace that it should be expected as much as we expect the sun to rise in the morning? [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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