INFOSEC YEAR IN REVIEW

This project started in 1995 when I was asked to prepare an update for graduates of the information security courses I taught at the Institute for Government Informatics Professionals under the aegis of the University of Ottawa.  Since 1997, I have been keeping a database of interesting or significant events in INFOSEC. I create or use (with permission) an abstract of the issue, add keywords, classify the case according to a typology that has been evolving over the years and then publish a report every year to help anyone interested in locating key developments across the field of information security. These documents are especially helpful to teachers and writers who need examples for courses, textbooks or articles. It is not necessary to ask for permission to use these documents, although a pointer to this page may be useful to others and everyone should be careful to provide appropriate references when quoting text.*

The database of abstracts starting from 1997 is available as an MS-Access 2000 .MDB file in compressed form as a WinZIP file. The Aggregate Report starts with 1997 and goes up to the middle or end of the most recent year covered.

The reports are available in Acrobat PDF. The codes file shows how the incidents are organized.

Starting in 2004, a team of students began helping me with the data collection with research funds drawn from the MSIA program. Some volunteers from the MSIA alumni joined the team in 2005. These helpful people are acknowledged in the appropriate reports.

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