Educational Security Incidents (ESI)

The ESI Year in Review - 2007 examines all of the information security incidents occurring at colleges and universities around the world as reported in the news during 2007.

2007 marked a significant change for information security incidents reported in the news. Among the changes are an increase in both the number of incidents reported and the number of institutions reporting a breach as well as the addition to new categories such as incident type "Employee Fraud" and information type "Username and Password".

Here is a sample of the information contained in the Educational Security Incidents (ESI) Year in Review - 2007:

• Total Number of Incidents: 139, a 67.5% increase over 2006
• Total Number of Institutions Affected: 112, a 72.3% increase over 2006
• Total Number of Incidents by Type
  • Employee Fraud: 1
  • Impersonation: 3
  • Loss: 12
  • Penetration: 30
  • Theft: 39
  • Unauthorized Disclosure: 53

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