Re: Educational Security Incidents Year in Review - 2007 is now available

[Adam Dodge <adam () ADAMDODGE COM>]

I would like to apologize about the problems everyone was having. The link
for the PDF has been fixed and should be working. If anyone is having
problems please let me know.

Thanks,
Adam

On Feb 11, 2008 6:57 AM, Adam Dodge <adam () adamdodge com> wrote:

> I just wanted to make a quick announcement to everyone this morning.
>
> The Educational Security Incidents Year in Review for 2007 is now
> available. Found at www.adamdodge.com/esi/year_review_2007, the ESI Year
> in Review examines all of the information security incidents occurring at
> colleges and universities around the world as reported in the news during
> 2007.
>
> 2007 marked a significant change for information security incidents
> reported in the news. Among the changes are an increase in both the number
> of incidents reported and the number of institutions reporting a breach as
> well as the addition to new categories such as incident type "Employee
> Fraud" and information type "Username and Password".
>
> Here is a sample of the information contained in the Educational Security
> Incidents (ESI) Year in Review - 2007:
>
> - Total Number of Incidents: 139, a 67.5% increase over 2006
> - Total Number of Institutions Affected: 112, a 72.3% increase over 2006
> - Total Number of Incidents by Type
>   - Employee Fraud: 1
>   - Impersonation: 3
>   - Loss: 12
>   - Penetration: 30
>   - Theft: 39
>   - Unauthorized Disclosure: 53
>
> The full Year in Review is available for free at
> www.adamdodge.com/esi/year_review_2007
>
> Adam Dodge