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[quote:f9ebe7b1d5]Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, a security research and training company in Maryland, praised the report, saying some in Congress have focused too much on data breaches. Some lawmakers have "dropped the ball on the far more important area of attack-based defenses," he said.[/quote:f9ebe7b1d5]This is strange, because in the SANS newsletter, Alan Paller called this report "Deeply Flawed" and pointed out that the writers from the GAO were not those who usually issued such reports. The troubling thing about this report is that it might be used to try to knock down the laws that various states have enacted to require companies to disclose breaches to those customers who might be affected. :x