Data Breaches

Learning Objective:

• Evaluate trends in recent data breaches.

Assignment Requirements

While planning for security, it is important to understand the various types of data breaches that organizations face. Review the Data Breach Reports that are linked in the Reading section. This might take a little while, and you may want to make notes to yourself while reading. Look for trends over the past few years, and in two to three pages .

1. Summarize at least five major trends identified over the last three years.
2. Why should we care about looking at these trends?
3. Include your opinion on the trends. (e.g., Why they occurred? How to avoid? and etc.)