This week, I wanted to step away from the topic of individual hacks and look at it from a higher level. I discovered a website called "InformationIsBeautiful.net" that includes visualizations of lots of different kinds of data. But there was one particular timeline of hacks that was especially good, and useful for the theme of this blog. This timeline provides information about different hacks that have occurred. It says when the hack occurred, gives a bit of information about the hack, compares it in size to other hacks, and even provides a link to an outside report where one can discover more information about that particular hack. The thing I like best is that you can sort by industry and the method of leak. For example, with only two clicks, I can easily discover that there was only one hack involving the retail industry that was an inside job.
This infographic has a lot of information, but it's presented in a really simple, uncomplicated manner. By sorting different features, someone is able to parse what their particular industry should be most concerned about.
I think it's rare to stumble across information that presents so much in a very intuitive way. Often, the more data that's included, the more complicated the site or graphic gets. Being able to filter out the noise and present the information so simply is a definite boon to an information security professional.
References:
Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized! (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2015, from http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/
No comments:
Post a Comment