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An Analysis of Cybersecurity Data Breach in The State of California

Tayeb Bey, Z. and Opoku Agyeman, M. (2023) An Analysis of Cybersecurity Data Breach in The State of California. In: Cybersecurity in the Age of Smart Societies :. Springer. pp. 159-170.

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Abstract:
As the wave of data breaches continues to crash down on organisations, we will analyse the largest publicly available database of data breaches in the state of California using the public data breach database functioning under the state notification law of data breach. The dataset contains records since January 2012. These records were analysed in order to classify and identify California data breaches by multiple company types, attack vectors and sto-len personal information. The main findings were that Software vulnerabil-ity is the most common attack vector due to third-party software, the finan-cial industry is the most targeted industry while both large and small organ-isations are equally targeted by attackers. The analysis also found that cred-it/debit card information and social security numbers represent the most stolen personal information.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Cyber-attack, Ethical Hacking, Internet of Things, IoT, Security, California Data Breach Database
Creators:
Tayeb Bey, Z. and Opoku Agyeman, M.
Publisher:
Springer
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Computing
Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology
Date:
3 January 2023
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 159-170
Title of Book:
Cybersecurity in the Age of Smart Societies :
Series Name:
Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
Event Title:
International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability (ICGS3)
Event Dates:
2022-09-07 - 2022-09-10
Language:
English
ISBN:
978-3-031-20159-2
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-20160-8_10
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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