Data breaches
“Nearly 9 out of 10 large organisations surveyed now suffer some form of security breach – suggesting that these incidents are now a near certainty. Businesses should ensure they are managing the risk accordingly.”(Department for Business, Innovation & Skills 2015: 6)

Your task
The BBC keeps an up-to-date list of large global data breaches. Choose one of the recent breaches and investigate it using other online sources. Report back to your fellow learners on an aspect of the data breach that you think could have been prevented, or helped to prevent the attack.
Reference
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (2015) Information Security Breaches Survey 2015: Full Report [online]. available from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-security-breaches-survey-2015 [20 August 2019]“Nearly 9 out of 10 large organisations surveyed now suffer some form of security breach – suggesting that these incidents are now a near certainty. Businesses should ensure they are managing the risk accordingly.”(Department for Business, Innovation & Skills 2015: 6)

Your task
The BBC keeps an up-to-date list of large global data breaches. Choose one of the recent breaches and investigate it using other online sources. Report back to your fellow learners on an aspect of the data breach that you think could have been prevented, or helped to prevent the attack.
Reference
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