Research Papers

The Verizon 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report is based on a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the US Secret Service.

Shadows in the Cloud documents a complex ecosystem of cyber espionage that systematically compromised government, business, academic, and other computer network systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations, and several other countries. The report also contains an analysis of data which were stolen from politically sensitive targets and recovered during the course of the investigation.This is a joint report of the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation in the US. It was released on 6 April 2010.

The report, entitled "How Global Organizations approach the Challenge of Protecting Personal Data", contains five key findings based on research conducted by Accenture in two surveys. The first survey canvassed 5,500 business leaders in 19 countries; the second involved more than 15,000 adult-age individuals in the same 19 countries.