Security News > 2020 > May > Verizon 2020 DBIR: More Extensive, More Detailed and More Thorough Than Ever
Verizon's 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report is the most extensive yet, with 81 contributing organizations, and more than 32,000 incidents analyzed.
Firstly, only breaches reported to or known to Verizon can be included.
Gabriel Bassett, a data scientist who worked on the report, accepts the historical nature of the figures, but believes this is more than countered by the value of the emerging trends surfaced by the annual nature of the reports.
In total, more than 90% of misconfigurations are reported to the organization after the event rather than found and prevented by the organization.
"The fact that the DBIR's primary analytical data focus is from the 2019 caseload doesn't devalue the report; there are still many year over year trends that are useful for defenders. Also, the DBIR should serve as one of many data points in your risk management strategy, which should be complemented by an organization's own internal incident and breach reporting."