A common fear of privacy officers is a data breach, the unauthorized acquisition or processing of personal information that is maintained by an organization. The Ponemon Institute and Verizon Enterprise Solutions provide analyses that I tend to favor. These documents provide insight into what has happened in the past to a population of companies that meet certain criteria in each study. However, the profile of the companies in these studies populations may not match yours. An organization can obtain an estimate or they may enhance the model to have more finely tailored models.”]