Re: [Dataloss] Where did the breach go? Quick comparison with NY Times API, Google News, and DataLossDB data

[David Shettler <dave () opensecurityfoundation org>]

ABSOLUTELY NONE, in this case.

But people flip out when they see it.

In truth, any order generates a near identical trend in this case.
But six makes people shudder.

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Chris Walsh <chris () cwalsh org> wrote:
> Let's say the data fit the polynomial function exactly.  What theoretical
> basis is there for a polynomial of degree six being sensible?  (Answer this,
> and you get to move on to mathematically modelling the Gartner hype cycle!)
>
> Chris
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:38 AM, David Shettler
> <dave () opensecurityfoundation org> wrote:
> > Where on earth did the breach go? We've asked ourselves, we've asked
> > others, and we've been asked by many.
> >
> > The simple answer is, we don't know! It could be anything, really,
> > that has caused the dramatic decline in reported data loss incidents
> > in 2009. Here are a few ideas:
> >
> >     The decline is media related. Data breaches are 'passé'.
> >      Organizations are implementing better security.
> >      Organizations aren't reporting incidents.
> >      Solar Flares
> >
> > None of these, with the exception of solar flares, is likely to be
> > analyzable at first glance. But what about the first bullet?
> >
> > Due to a lack in expertise of space weather, we decided to dive into
> > the Google News archives, and things became interesting. Google News'
> > timeline feature facilitates this kind of analysis. We looked through
> > search result totals matching the query "data breach", per month, for
> > 72 months (2004 through 2009). We then tossed the data into a graph,
> > added a polynomial trend-line with an order of 6, and took a deep
> > breath.
> >
> > [...read on via link below]
> >
> > http://datalossdb.org/where_did_it_go
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