Hi Andrew
I think you're referring to the FOI request by Imation and the subsequent lazy reporting which suggested it meant data security was getting worse?
Outlaw reported it well though
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/september/ico-reports-increasing-trend-in-self-reported-data-breaches-in-past-five-years/
Jonathan
On 18 Sep 2012, at 08:40, "Andrew Cormack" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear list
> I'm convinced that I have read recently some figures on the numbers of security breaches notified to the ICO: the vast majority of them being from organisations that were not subject to specific breach notification laws. However I can't now find that reference. Does anyone else remember seeing it and, more importantly, where it was?
>
> I'd like to cite this in responding to the EU's consultation on "a future EU Network and Information Security legislative initiative" [1], which only mentions two possible ways to improve security - expanding mandatory breach notification and requiring certain organisations to "adopt risk management practices". It seems to me there might be several others...
>
> Many thanks
> Andrew
>
> [1] http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/818&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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