Ah, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day: lots of folks out enjoying “use or lose” vacation time, the pace of work a bit slower than normal, significantly fewer emails and other distractions demanding attention. A great time to reflect on the old, anticipate the new, and cross off some long-standing items from the to-do list.
Given the nature of the season, it’s also appropriate to ponder the topic of sharing. Sure, there’s the sharing of time, fellowship, gifts, and food with which we’ve all been involved recently, but as the year draws to a close, many of us on the RISK Team are also thinking about sharing of a different nature – incident sharing.
It’s doubtful that security incidents made the top of anyone’s wish list this year (or any other), but the knowledge gained through studying them and sharing lessons learned is often considered to be a gift worth keeping. Many of you will remember that our effort to study and share incident information with the world is done through the annual Data Breach Investigations Reports (DBIR). Though the publication is still a few months away, we’re very glad to give a foretaste of what our readers can expect early next year.
We’ve continued our efforts to expand the scope and perspective of the DBIR, and the 2012 version should be the biggest ever in many respects. One of the things we’re particularly excited about is that we will have participants representing the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions. Submitting data and analysis for the 2012 DBIR are:
- The U.S. Secret Service
- The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit
- The Australian Federal Police
- The Irish Reporting and Information Service
- The London Metropolitan Police