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Data Breach QuickView ReportThird Quarter 2017

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Equifax and Yahoo eclipse news of the other 1,465 breaches reported in Q3

• There were 3,833 breaches reported through the end of September 2017, exposing over 7 billion records.

• Compared to the same period in 2016, the number of reported breaches is up 18.2% and the number of exposed records is up 305%.

• The 5 largest breaches of 2017 exposed approximately 78.5% of all records exposed year to date.

• The Business sector accounted for 43.9% of reported breaches, followed by Unknown (33.9%), Medical (8.5%), Government (8%), and Education (5.8%).

• The Business sector accounted for 84.3% of the total records exposed through Q3, followed by Unknown (12.6%) and Government (3%). Medical and Education sectors combined continue to account for less than 1% of the total records exposed this year.

• Web (inadvertent online disclosure) remains the leading cause of records compromised in 2017, accounting for 68.5% of records exposed, but only 5.4% of the incidents reported, down from 7.1% of incidents at the midyear point.

• 52.1% of reported breaches were the result of hacking, up from 41.6% of reported breaches at the midyear point. The percentage of records exposed due to hacking remained unchanged from midyear, at 30.6%.

• Breaches involving U.S. entities accounted for 49.6% of incidents and approximately 29.3% of the exposed records.

• The number of breaches confirmed to have exposed one million or more records now stands at 69 for the year.

• Five 2017 breaches are now on the Top 10 List of All Time Largest Breaches.

2017 saw a rise in the number of breaches compared to the same period of time in 2016. With the growth of IOT and with hackers creating new ways to monitor and access data—even without actually hacking into your system—protecting a company’s network and valuable data will become more challenging. We are pleased to partner with Risk Based Securities to provide this update through Q3 of 2017. To discuss this information in more detail, please contact us at [email protected].— Manny Cho, EVP

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Table of ContentsComparison

Comparison of the Previous Four Years ........................................................................................................................5

Comparison by Industry, by Month .............................................................................................................................5

Breaches by Type, by Record ....................................................................................................................................6

Data Breach Analysis by Threat Vector ........................................................................................................................7

Exposed Records by Threat Vector ..............................................................................................................................7

Distribution of Breaches by Discovery Method ...............................................................................................................8

10 Largest Breaches With Data Types and Severity Scores ..............................................................................................8

Analysis by Data Family ...........................................................................................................................................9

Confidentiality Impact ..............................................................................................................................................9

Analysis by Data Type ........................................................................................................................................... 10

Percentage of Breaches Exposing Specified Data Types YTD vs. Prior Years ...................................................................... 11

Impact

Analysis of Records per Breach ................................................................................................................................ 13

Type 5 Breach Types/Records Exposed ..................................................................................................................... 13

Analysis of Incidents by NAICS Economic Sector ......................................................................................................... 14

Distribution of Business Groups Within Economic Sectors – Top 3 ................................................................................... 14

Analysis by Location .............................................................................................................................................. 15

Breaches by Country ............................................................................................................................................. 16

Exposed Records by Country ................................................................................................................................... 16

Distribution of Breaches by State .............................................................................................................................. 17

Analysis of US State Rankings, Exposed Records ......................................................................................................... 17

Breaches Impacting Third Party Organizations ............................................................................................................. 18

Breach Severity Scores ........................................................................................................................................... 19

Top 10 Breaches by Severity Score .......................................................................................................................... 20

Top 20 Largest Breaches All Time (By Exposed Records Count) ....................................................................................... 21

Methodology & Expertise

Methodology & Terms ........................................................................................................................................... 25

About Risk Placement Services ................................................................................................................................. 28

About Risk Based Security ....................................................................................................................................... 29

Note: All data shown throughout this report is reflective of the first nine months of 2017.

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Comparison

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Comparison of the Previous 4 Years

# of Records Exposed by Year

Comparison by Industry, by Month

Distribution of Incidents by Industry, by Month# of Incidents by Year

Distribution of Exposed Records by Industry, by Month

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Breaches by Type, by Record

Records Exposed by Breach Type

Top 10 Breach Types

The amount of data compromised by open, unprotected databases and back up files continues to dwarf the number of records compromised due to other breach types.

Of the 433 skimming incidents, 56% were discovered at gas pumps, and 41% were discovered at ATMs. The remaining 3% are attributable to self-service kiosks, employee use of handheld devices or skimmers attached to in-store card readers.

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Data Breach Analysis by Threat Vector

Number of Incidents by Threat Vector

Although much attention is given to the malicious insider, accidental disclosure by insiders accounts for more than twice the number of insider breaches.

The number of records compromised by malicious insiders is lower than the records accidentally compromised by insiders.

Exposed Records by Threat Vector

Threat Vector Records Exposed

Outside 2,558,486,771

Inside-Accidental 2,486,086,778

Inside-Unknown 2,001,597,318

Unknown 45,806,364

Inside-Malicious 1,157,205

Total 7,093,134,436

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Distribution of Breaches by Discovery Method

Internal Discovery - Incidents

Internal Discovery -

Records

External Discovery - Incidents

External Discovery -

Records

Undisclosed Discovery - Incidents

Undisclosed Discovery -

Records

Q1 228 66,209,868 786 3,361,304,347 403 18,574,558

Q2 242 3,018,241 353 493,036,492 348 2,098,101,486

Q3 141 4,172,347 1041 870,967,226 288 177,747,365

YTD 611 73,400,456 2,180 4,725,308,065 1,039 2,294,423,409

10 Largest Breaches With Data Types and Severity Scores1

Breach Type Records Exposed Percentage of Total Exposed Data Type2 Severity Score

Web 2,000,000,000 32% ADD/NAA/NUM 10

Web 1,374,159,612 22% ADD/EMA/FIN/MISC/NAA 10

Hack 1,221,893,767 19% EMA/PWD 10

Web 711,000,000 11% EMA/MISC/PWD 9.63

Web 267,693,854 4% EMA/NUM 9.80

Web 198,000,000 3% ADD/DOB/MISC/NAA/NUM 10

Hack 145,500,000 2% ADD/CCN/DOB/MISC/NAA/SSN/UNK 10

Web 135,000,000 2% ADD/FIN/MISC/NAA/NUM/SSN 9.68

Hack 129,696,449 2% EMA/PWD 9.71

Hack 126,761,168 2% ADD/NAA/NUM 9.40

The top 10 breaches exposed 6,309,704,850 records, or 89% of the total records exposed in 2017 Year To Date

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Analysis by Data Family

Percentage of Total Breaches

Percentage of Total Exposed Records

Percentage of Total Breaches

Percentage of Total Exposed Records

Data Family 9 Months 2016 9 Months 2016 9 Months 2017 9 Months 2017

Electronic 90.61% 99.98% 93.18% 99.98%

Physical 6.56% <1% 4.47% <1%

Unknown 2.83% <1% 2.35% <1%

Confidentiality Impact

Confidentality Impact

The number of breaches resulting in confirmed exposure increased 2% from midyear.

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Analysis by Data Type

Incidents by Data Type Exposed

The percentage of breaches impacting names dropped 8.2% from the midyear point. Similarly, the number of breaches impacting physical addresses and Social Security numbers dropped 7.5% and 6.4% respectively since the midyear point. Once again, access credentials in the form of email addresses and passwords are the top two most compromised data types.

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Percentage of Breaches Exposing Specified Data Types YTD vs. Prior Years

Data Type 9 Months 2017 9 Months 2016 9 Months 2015

Email Address 44.3% 44.1% 44.3%

Password 40.0% 40.1% 50.7%

Name 32.4% 35.5% 28.6%

Physical Address 22.9% 21.1% 12.5%

As the effect of data theft for tax fraud purposes fades, the percentage of breaches impacting email addresses, passwords, names and addresses begins to normalize over a three-year period.

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Analysis

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Top 5 Breach Types/Records Exposed

Breach Category Number of BreachesNumber of Records

ExposedAverage Records per

BreachPercent of Total Records Exposed

Hacking 1997 2,713,877,399 1,358,977 36.03%

Skimming 433 5,274 12 0.00%

Phishing 290 740,879 2,555 0.01%

Virus/Malware 256 3,033,730* 11,851 0.04%

Web 206 4,815,148,260 23,374,506 63.92%

For the second year in a row, the number of breaches impacting over 10,000,000 records is high. At this point in 2016, there were also 26 breaches. There were 8 in 2015; 11 in 2014; 9 in 2013 and 5 in 2012.

Analysis of Records per Breach

Exposed RecordsNumber of Breaches

Percent of Total

Unknown/Undisclosed 1421 37.1%

1 to 100 1069 27.9%

101 to 1,000 600 15.6%

1,001 to 10,000 423 11.0%

10,001 to 100,000 184 4.8%

100,001 to 500,000 48 1.3%

500,001 to 999,999 18 0.5%

1 M to 10 M 44 1.1%

> 10 M 26 0.7%

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Distribution of Business Groups Within Economic Sectors – Top 3

Economic Sector Business GroupPercentage of Breaches Within

Economic Sector

Information (51)

Software / Web Services 79.9%

Mass Media 12.2%

Telecommunications 7.8%

HealthCare (62)

Practitioner Offices 31.7%

Hospitals 31.5%

Non-Hospital Facilities 31%

Finance & Insurance (52)Finance 82.1%

Insurance 17.9%

Analysis of Incidents by NAICS Economic Sector

Distribution of Incidents by Economic Sector

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Analysis by Location

Incidents by Location Records Exposed by Location

The number of data leaks that cannot be attributed to a location drives the high percentage of incidents with an unknown location.

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Breaches by Country

There is a three-place tie for the 10th spot between New Zealand, the Netherlands and France, with each reporting 15 incidents.

Exposed Records by Country

Ranking # of Breaches CountryTotal Exposed Records

Average Records per Breach

Median Number of Records

Percentage of Exposed Records

1 22 China 3,822,021,857 173,728,266 3,371,754 54.62%

2 1906 United States 2,054,278,287 1,077,796 1,579 29.36%

3 15 Netherlands 711,794,151 47,452,943 7,849 10.17%

4 71 India 299,222,121 4214396 484 4.28%

5 2 Philippines 55,254,020 27,627,010 - 0.79%

6 10 Republic of Korea 16,372,292 1,637,229 1,543,228 0.23%

7 7 Israel 14,001,154 2,000,165 93 0.20%

8 7 Hong Kong 12,041,844 1,720,263 1,753 0.17%

9 8 South Africa 6,700,000 837,500 - 0.10%

10 150 United Kingdom 5,677,497 37,850 603 0.08%

The top ten countries by records exposed account for 98.6% of the total records compromised year to date.

Incidents by Country - Top 10

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Distribution of Breaches By State

Incidents by US State - Top 10

Massachusetts and Maryland tied for 9th place, each with 51 breaches.

Analysis of US State Rankings, Exposed Records

Exposed Records Ranking

US StateTotal Exposed Records

Number of Breaches

Exposed Records/Breach

% of USA Exposed Records

1 WA 1,375,371,217 35 39,296,320.49 66.95%

2 CA 113,258,884 193 586,834 5.51%

3 NJ 33,759,056 44 767,251 1.64%

4 GA 10,692,866 40 267,322 0.52%

5 NY 9,229,681 120 76,914.01 0.45%

6 MD 6,705,356 51 131,477.57 0.33%

7 AR 6,611,511 10 661,151.10 0.32%

8 TX 4,843,359 144 33,634 0.24%

9 CT 3,076,760 30 102,559 0.15%

10 MI 2,531,753 42 60,280 0.12%

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Breaches Impacting Third Party Organizations

Third Party Breaches by Business Type

• Steward Organizations – defined as the party responsible for protecting the data at the time of the breach – classified in the business sector account for slightly more than 50% of the breaches with a direct impact on other organizations.

• In 24% of the breaches, the third party disclosing the breach declined to identify the steward organization responsible for the data compromise.

Third Party Breaches by Breach Type - Top 10

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Breach Severity Scores

Breach Severity Scores by Quarter

Severity shifted to the lower end of the scale in the third quarter due in part to an increase in the number of breaches exposing between 1 and 100 records (a change from 14.2% at the midyear point to almost 27.9% year to date) and an overall decline in number of highly sensitive record types compromised per breach.

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Top 10 Breaches By Severity Score

Score Reported Organization Top 10 Summary

10 Q3 Equifax

(Hacking) 145,500,000 names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other confidential information compromised by exploiting unpatched vulnerability in Apache Struts (CVE-2017-5638)

10 Q2 DU Group dba DU Caller(Web) 2,000,000,000 user phone numbers, names and addresses inappropriately made accessible in an uncensored public directory

10 Q2 Deep Root Analytics

(Web) Approximately 198,000,000 voter names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, political party affiliations, and other demographic information exposed in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket

10 Q1 NetEase, Inc. dba 163.com(Hacking) 1,221,893,767 email addresses and passwords stolen by hackers and sold on the Dark Web by DoubleFlag

10 Q1 River City Media, LLC

(Web) 1,374,159,612 names, addresses, IP addresses, and email addresses, as well as an undisclosed number of financial documents, chat logs, and backups exposed by faulty rsync backup

9.96 Q2 Edmodo(Hacking) 77,000,000 user email addresses, usernames, and bcrypt hashed passwords with salts stolen by hackers through undisclosed means

9.80 Q1 EmailCar (Web) 267,693,854 email addresses and phone numbers exposed in an unsecure MongoDB installation and later dumped on the Internet

9.71 Q1 Tencent Holdings Ltd dba QQ.com(Hacking) 129,696,449 email addresses and passwords stolen by hackers and sold on the Dark Web by DoubleFlag

9.68 Q2 National Social Assistance Programme (India)

(Web) Roughly 135,000,000 Aadhaar numbers and 100,000,000 linked bank account numbers, as well as names, caste, religion, addresses, phone numbers, photographs, and assorted financial details leaked on government web portals

9.68 Q3 Reliance Jio Infocomm, LTD(Hacking) 120,000,000 customer names, phone numbers, email addresses and SIM activation dates accessed using stolen access credentials

9.63 Q3 Unnamed(Web) 711,000,000 email addresses, passwords and SMTP credentials discovered in a misconfigured, open database used by spammers

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Top 20 Largest Breaches All Time (By Exposed Records Count)

Breach Reported Date

SummaryRecords Exposed

Organization’s Name

Industry - Sector

Breach Location

Highest All Time 12/14/2016

Recent revelations around the 2013 intrusion into Yahoo’s systems moves this event back into the top spot

3 Billion Yahoo Business - Technology United States

Number 2 5/13/2017

User phone numbers, names and addresses inappropriately made accessible in an uncensored public directory

2 Billion DU Caller Group Business - Technology China

Number 3 3/3/2017

Names, addresses, IP addresses, and email addresses, as well as an undisclosed number of financial documents, chat logs, and backups, exposed by faulty rsync backup.

1.3 Billion River City Media, LLC Business -

Technology United States

Number 4 1/25/2017

A database holding email addresses and passwords stolen by hackers and offered for sale on the dark web.

1.2 Billion

NetEase, Inc. dba 163.com

Business – Technology China

Number 4 8/29/2017

Email addresses, passwords, and SMTP credentials exposed on the Internet due to a misconfigured spambot database

711 Million Unknown Unknown Netherlands

Number 5 9/22/2016

Hack exposes user names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords and security questions and associated answers.

500 Million Yahoo Business -

Technology United States

Number 6 10/18/2016

Hackers exploit a Local File Inclusion vulnerability, compromising member email addresses, usernames, and encrypted passwords, IP addresses and membership statuses.

412 Million

FriendFinder Networks, Inc

Business - Technology United States

Number 7 5/27/2016

Hack exposes user account records containing SHA1 encrypted passwords, email addresses.

360 Million MySpace Business -

Technology United States

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Breach Reported Date

SummaryRecords Exposed

Organization’s Name

Industry - Sector

Breach Location

Number 8 1/1/2017

Email addresses and phone numbers were exposed in an unsecure MongoDB installation, which was later downloaded and dumped on the Internet

267 Million EmailCar Business -

Technology China

Number 9 8/22/2014

Hack of websites exposes names, registration numbers, usernames and passwords.

220 Million

Organization’s Name has not been reported Unknown South Korea

Number 10 12/3/2016

Hackers offer for sale a database containing a variety of personal and financial details.

203 Million

Organization’s Name has not been reported Unknown Unknown

Number 11 10/19/2013

Fraudulent account used to gain access to credit card numbers, social security numbers, names, and financial account numbers.

200 Million Court Ventures, Inc. Business - Data United States

Number 12 6/19/2017

Unsecured Amazon S3 bucket exposes voter names, addresses, dates of birth, contact information and voter preferences.

198 Million Deep Root Analytics Business/

Business United States

Number 13 12/28/2015

Misconfigured database exposes voter names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, political party affiliations, and genders.

191 Million

Organization’s Name has not been reported Unknown United States

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Breach Reported Date

SummaryRecords Exposed

Organization’s Name

Industry - Sector

Breach Location

Number 14 6/21/2014

Hack exposes trip details of customers after cracking MD5 hashes

173 Million

NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission

Government - City United States

Number 15 6/23/2016

Hack exposes USA voter information.

154 Million

Organization’s Name has not been reported Unknown United States

Number 16 10/3/2013

Hack exposed customer names, IDs, encrypted passwords and debit/ credit card numbers with expiration dates, source code and other customer order information.

152 Million Adobe Systems, Inc. Business -

Technology United States

Number 17 3/17/2012

Firm may have illegally bought and sold customers’ information.

150 Million

Shanghai Roadway D&B Marketing Services Co.

Business - Data China

Number 18 9/7/2017

Hackers take advantages of Struts Shock vulnerability to compromise names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and other personal information.

145.5 Million Equifax Business – Data United States

Number 19 5/21/2014

Hack exposes names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, registered addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.

145 Million eBay, Inc. Business - Retail United States

Number 20 6/8/2013

North Korean Hackers expose email addresses and identification numbers.

140 Million

Organization’s Name has not been reported Unknown South Korea

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Top 20 Largest Breaches All Time (By Exposed Records Count) – continued

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Methodology & Expertise

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Methodology & TermsRisk Based Security’s research methods include automated processes coupled with traditional human research and analysis. Our proprietary applications crawl the Internet 24x7 to capture and aggregate potential data breaches for our researchers to analyze. In addition, the research team manually verifies news feeds, blogs, and other sources looking for new data breaches as well as new information on previously disclosed incidents. The database also includes information obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, seeking breach notification documentation from various state and federal agencies in the United States. The research team extends our heartfelt thanks to the individuals and agencies that assist with fulfilling our requests for information.

Data Standards and the use of “Unknown”

In order for any data point to be associated with a breach entry, Risk Based Security requires a high degree of confidence in the accuracy of the information reported as well as the ability to reference a public source for the information. In short, the research team does not guess at the facts. For this reason the term “Unknown” is used when the item cannot be verified in accordance with our data validation requirements. This can occur when the breached organization cannot be identified but leaked data is confirmed to be valid or when the breached organization is unwilling or unable to provide sufficient clarity to the data point.

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Breach Types are defined as follows:

Name Description

Missing Media Missing media, unknown or disputed whether lost or stolen

Other Miscellaneous breach type arising primarily from data mishandling

PhishingMasquerading as a trusted entity in an electronic communication to obtain data

Seizure Forcible taking of property by a government law enforcement official

SkimmingUsing electronic devices (such as a skimmer) to swipe victims’ credit/debit card numbers

Snail Mail Personal information in “snail mail” exposed to unintended third party

SnoopingExceeding intended privileges and accessing data for unauthorized purposes

Stolen Computer Stolen desktop (or unspecified computer type in media reports)

Stolen Document Documents either reported or known to have been stolen by a third party

Stolen Drive Stolen data drive, unspecified if IDE, SCSI, thumb drive, etc.

Stolen Laptop Stolen Laptop (generally specified as a laptop in media reports)

Stolen Media Media generally reported or known to have been stolen by a third party

Stolen Mobile Stolen mobile phone or device such as tablets, etc.

Stolen Tape Stolen backup tapes

Unknown Unknown or unreported breach type

Virus (Malware)Exposure to personal information via virus or Trojan (possibly classified as hack)

WebWeb-based intrusion, data exposed to the public via search engines, public pages

Name Description

Disposal Computer Discovery of computers not disposed of properly

Disposal Document Discovery of documents not disposed of properly

Disposal Drive Discovery of disk drives not disposed of properly

Disposal Mobile Discovery of mobile devices not disposed of properly

Disposal Tape Discovery of backup tapes not disposed of properly

Email Email communication exposed to unintended third party

Fax Fax communication exposed to unintended third party

Fraud SE Fraud or scam (usually insider-related), social engineering

Hack Computer-based intrusion

Lost Computer Lost computer (unspecified type in media reports)

Lost Document Discovery of documents not disposed of properly, not stolen

Lost Drive Lost data drive (unspecified if IDE, SCSI, thumb drive, etc.)

Lost Laptop Lost laptop (generally specified as a laptop in media reports)

Lost Media Media (e.g. disks) reported to have been lost by a third party

Lost Mobile Lost mobile phone or device such as tablets, etc.

Lost Tape Lost backup tapes

Missing Document Missing document, unknown or disputed whether lost or stolen

Missing Drive Missing drive, unknown or disputed whether lost or stolen

Missing Laptop Missing laptop, unknown or disputed whether lost or stolen

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Data Type Definitions

Abbreviation Description

CCN Credit Card Numbers

SSN Social Security Numbers (or Non-US Equivalent)

NAA Names

EMA Email Addresses

MISC Miscellaneous

MED Medical

ACC Account Information

DOB Date of Birth

FIN Financial Information

UNK Unknown / Undisclosed

PWD Passwords

ADD Addresses

USR User Name

NUM Phone Number

IP Intellectual Property

No WarrantyRisk Based Security, Inc. makes this report available on an “As-is” basis and offers no warranty as to its accuracy, completeness or that it includes all the latest data breaches. The information contained in this report is general in nature and should not be used to address specific security issues. Opinions and conclusions presented reflect judgment at the time of publication and are subject to change without notice. Any use of the information contained in this report is solely at the risk of the user. Risk Based Security, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or damages resulting from the use of or reliance on the information herein. If you have specific security concerns please contact Risk Based security, Inc. for more detailed data loss analysis and security consulting services.

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About Risk Placement Services, Inc.Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS), one of the nation’s largest intermediaries, offers valuable solutions in wholesale brokerage, binding authority, programs and standard lines. Headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, RPS has more than 80 branch office and satellite locations, creating a coast-to-coast network of offices with retailer needs in mind. RPS places well over $2.9 billion in premium annually, demonstrating the company’s strength and market presence. RPS leverages local knowledge, regional expertise and national relationships to deliver winning proposals to each retail broker partner and provide knowledge-based coverage solutions for each situation.

The RPS Executive Lines division specializes in protecting individuals and their companies against a wide range of executive risks and other professional liabilities. Market-leading specialists in public, private, and nonprofit Directors & Officers (D&O), Errors & Omissions (E&O), Fiduciary, Crime, and Kidnap & Ransom insurance products, RPS Executive Lines provides total management insurance solutions via 100 different insurance markets. Additionally, they help clients pinpoint hidden exposures to loss and fortify them against vulnerabilities, ultimately improving their risk profile.

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Cyber Risk Analytics (CRA) provides actionable security ratings and threat intelligence on a wide variety of organizations. This enables organizations to reduce exposure to the threats most likely to impact them and their vendor base. In addition, our PreBreach vendor risk rating, the result of a deep-view into the metrics driving cyber exposures, are used to better understand the digital hygiene of an organization and the likelihood of a future data breach. The integration of PreBreach ratings into security processes, vendor management programs, cyber insurance processes and risk management tools allows organizations to avoid costly risk assessments, while enabling businesses to understand its risk posture, act quickly and appropriately to proactively protect its most critical information assets.

YourCISO provides organizations with on-demand access to high quality security and information risk management resources in one, easy to use web portal. YourCISO provides organization ready access to a senior executives and highly skilled technical security experts with a proven track record, matched specifically to your needs. The YourCISO service is designed to be an affordable long term solution for addressing information security risks. YourCISO brings together all the elements an organization needs to develop, document and manage a comprehensive information security program.

For more information, please visit:

RiskBasedSecurity.com

VulnDB.CyberRiskAnalytics.com

CyberRiskAnalytics.com

YourCiso.com

Or call 855.RBS.RISK

About Risk Based SecurityRisk Based Security (RBS) provides detailed information and analysis on Data Breaches, Vendor Risk Scores and Vulnerability Intelligence. Our products, Cyber Risk Analytics (CRA) and VulnDB, provide organizations with access to the most comprehensive threat intelligence knowledge bases available, including advanced search capabilities, access to raw data via API, and email alerting to assist organizations in taking the right actions in a timely manner. In addition, our YourCISO offering provides organizations with on-demand access to high quality security and information risk management resources in one, easy to use web portal.

VulnDB is the most comprehensive and timely vulnerability intelligence available and provides actionable information about the latest in security vulnerabilities via an easy-to-use SaaS Portal, or a RESTful API for easy integration into GRC tools and ticketing systems. VulnDB allows organizations to search on and be alerted to the latest vulnerabilities, both in end-user software and the third-party libraries or dependencies that help build applications. A subscription to VulnDB provides organizations with simple to understand ratings and metrics on their vendors and products, and how each contributes to the organization’s risk-profile and cost of ownership.

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RISK PLACEMENT SERVICES2850 Golf RoadRolling Meadows, IL 60008Ph: 866.595.8413RPSins.com