2017DataBreachInvestigationsReport10thEditionOFXPBU2FsdGVkX19xySK0fJn+xJH2VKLfWI8u+gK2bIHpVeoudbc5Slk0HosGiUNH7oiqCNjiSkfygVslq77WCIM0rqxOZoW/qGMN+eqKMBnhfkhWgtAtcnGc2xm9vxpx5quAIncidentsvsbreachesWetalkalotaboutincidentsandbreachesandweusethefollowingdefinitions:Incident:Asecurityeventthatcompromisestheintegrity,confidentialityoravailabilityofaninformationasset.Breach:Anincidentthatresultsintheconfirmeddisclosure—notjustpotentialexposure—ofdatatoanunauthorizedparty.Inthe2009report,wewrote:“Thesefindingsrelatespecificallytotheoccurrence(likelihood)ofsecuritybreachesleadingtodatacompromise…notattacks,notimpact,notgeneralsecurityincidentsandnotrisk.”Thestudyhassinceevolvedtoincludesecurityincidentsandnotjustbreachesformanyfindings,buttherestofthestatementholdstruetothisday.Theinformation,providedinaggregate,isfilteredinmanywaystomak