Legal Definition of Compromise

We have many laws requiring organizations to issue notices when data security has been breached. But system compromise is so common that we run the risk of seeing a "data breach" everywhere we look in IT systems. If we see too many breaches, then we flood constituents with confusing, unhelpful notices. http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2007/09/definition-of-data-security-breach.html

in reference to:

"adversaries are going to go unnoticed on our networks"
- NSA: Assume Attackers Will Compromise Networks - Security - News & Reviews - eWeek.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

--Benjamin Wright