Inside the Open Source Verizon Enterprise Risk and Incident Sharing (VERIS) Framework | Internet News

Inside the Open Source Verizon Enterprise Risk and Incident Sharing (VERIS) Framework

Aug 23, 2013
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How does Verizon put together its annual Data Breach Investigations Report? Part of that answer lies in VERIS, or Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing. Sitting behind Verizon’s annual Data Breach and Investigations report is the Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing, or VERIS, a framework for understanding and recording security breaches.

One of the most import aspects of the Verizon DBIR is the sharing of information about how data breaches happen, Chris Porter, managing principal for the Verizon RISK (research, investigations, solutions and knowledge) Team, explained to eWEEK. –

Read the full story at eWeek:
Verizon’s VERIS Framework for Studying Breaches: A Look Inside

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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