In recent years, high-profile data breaches and identity thefts have
grabbed countless headlines. The media coverage suggests it's an
emerging problem, but unfortunately these cybercrimes and their
frequency are nothing new. Instead, what's changed are the new laws,
such as California law SB 1386, requiring organizations to notify
individuals when unencrypted personal information has been—or at least
is reasonably believed to have been—acquired by an unauthorized entity.