Data Breaches

Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance 2018 Cyber Incidents & Breach Trends Report

On Tuesday July 9, 2019 the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released its 11th Cyber Incident & Breach...

Customer Data Isn’t Always an Asset: Lessons from the Marriott Data Breach

As data analytics have improved, the massive amounts of data that companies acquire from their customers has only gained...

Nest warns user of password breach – but not from its own systems

160,000 security breaches, data thefts, business disruptions recorded worldwide

2017 was ‘worst year ever’ in data breaches and cyberattacks, thanks to ransomware

BREACHES ON THE RISE, PART I

2017 Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report

This year marks the Online Trust Alliance’s tenth annual publication related to cyber incidents and breach readiness. Now an...

Online Trust Alliance Reports Doubling of Cyber Incidents in 2017

Skyrocketing ransomware results in 160,000 cyberattacks, yet report finds 93 percent of breaches could have been avoided Reston, VA...

Will Uber Drive Us to Federal Breach Legislation ?

The past six months we have witnessed an un-paralleled level of questionable business practices resulting from data breaches.  As...

Best Practices: Botnets

About Botnets A “bot” or “botnet” is a program installed on a system to enable that system to automatically...

Best Practice: Extended Validation Certificates (EVSSL)

We increasingly live, interact, and do business online, making the concept of online trust more important than ever before....

OTA Members Reflect on Accomplishments Driving Online Security & Responsible Privacy

For more than a decade, the Online Trust Alliance has enhanced online trust and is now building for the...