Corporate

The average cost of a data breach continues to rise, up to $4 million per incident, over 2015 figures of $3.79 million. Since 2013, there has been a 29% increase in the average cost of data breaches.

This survey revealed that in-house counsel have a skewed view of their organization’s security preparedness, an overconfidence that can lead to dangerous complacency.

MySpace, Tumblr and LinkedIn are all currently grabbing headlines for data breaches that happened years ago and have only now come to light.

A new study from Ponemon asks individuals at organizations that currently have data protection and privacy training programs to weigh in on the question of the Insider Threat.

Whose job is it to protect corporate data? Management comes to mind first, typically a CISO, CSO or CIO. Next we think of security professionals and IT managers, who currently feel they bear the brunt of the responsibility for data security (our own survey showed many fear a breach would mean losing their job).