One year ago this month, the massive hacking of Target marked a turning point in the national debate about data breaches. The Target breach numbers are now well known: 40 million credit and debit cards compromised, as many as 110 million consumers put at increased risk of identity theft. Since then, breach news has come in a deluge: 56 million cards at Home Depot; 4.5 million records at Community Health Systems, 76 million accounts at J.P. Morgan Chase, just to name a few. Countless smaller breaches happen on a daily basis and go largely unrreported. According to security firm Trend Micro, the average breach last for 229 days until it is detected.
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