Another #spiffy tip from @MetricsHulk:
METRICS HULK GLAD HE NO HAVE TO SMASH BUSINESSWEEK FOR DATALOSSDB 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW INFOGRAPHIC http://t.co/yLqYOkD5 http://t.co/NAIXGcGa
— Metrics Hulk (@MetricsHulk) January 3, 2012
Evan Applegate put together a great & simple infographic for Businessweek that illustrates the number and size of 2011 data breaches pretty well.

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The summary data (below the timeline bubble chart) shows there was a 37.4% increase in reported incidents and over 260 million records exposed/stolen for the year. It will be interesting to see how this compares with the DBIR.