Data Breach Log Re-Use

Since October 2008 Ian Cuddy, founder of PublicSIRO, has been compiling, researching and cataloguing a regularly updated list of publicly reported data security incidents in the UK public sector.  As a result, this tally represents the most comprehensive resource on UK public sector data breaches available.

The original Data Breach Log has attracted significant interest in particular from involved in information assurance, IT audit and data protection within in the public sector.  We’re pleased to report that a number of central government departments and local authorities are re-using content from this to promote staff awareness of information security issues.  Examples of re-use have included:

  • Organisations publishing the list of incidents (in full or part) on their corporate intranet;
  • Placing hard copies of the Log staff on Staff Noticeboards.
  • Highlighting specific examples to staff in data protection training;
  • Helping senior management appreciate the case for investment in information assurance;

Feedback from public sector organisations shows the tally provides a useful and powerful tool that reinforces the message that data breaches can occur to all types of organisations, are far more common than we often think and, in many cases, are easily preventable.

If you are a public or voluntary sector organisation you can re-use the Data Breach Log free of charge. If you would like to do this, then please contact us by emailing editor@publicSIRO.com.

Open Data

The Data Breach Log is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence which allows sharing and reuse for non-commercial purposes. However, publicSIRO must be attributed as per the attribution notice. If you wish to use the information without attribution you must contact us for a licence.

Data Breach RSS Feed

publicSIRO can provide an RSS feed direct to intranets which will automatically update the content.
RSS feed icon Get the RSS feed for updates here.

Attribution

In order for people to trace the information back to its source, we require attribution in the following form:

Use of any data must be accompanied by a prominent hyperlink reading “from publicSIRO.com” and linking to publicSIRO.com.

If you are making the information available via your own API ,you need to make sure your users comply with these conditions.

Please contact editor@publicSIRO.com if you would like to request additional data or wish to vary the licence terms.