Why We Still Invite Data Breaches

[HardOCP News]

There is an interesting editorial at C|Net today that talks about why we still invite data breaches. Definitely good reading, especially considering all the high profile data thefts we had this year.

If the data gets exposed, it will be stolen. If criminals cannot get to the data from the outside, they try to find an insider to do the job for them. Many of the recent breaches followed such a scenario, with insiders selling stolen data to spammers and criminal elements.