Essential reading: Verizon's Data Breach Study

Verizon Business Security Solutions has released its 2009 Data Breach Study.

The report is essential reading; the post-mortem analysis of data breaches is to the information security industry what black-box flight recorder information is to the aviation industry. By understanding where things have gone wrong, we can avoid repeating the mistakes of some of our peers.

A phone interview with the company's director of investigative response, Bryan Sartin, has been recorded and will be included in Risky Business #104, which is due to be published in the next 24 hours.

In the mean time, the 52-page report can be found in pdf form here. It's a must read for anyone working in enterprise security.