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According to a report on Global Cost of Data Breach sponsored by PGP corporation the global average cost of a data-loss incident was $3.43 million last year i.e about $142 per compromised record. The average cost for U.S. organizations was $6.75 million or $204 Lost business was universally the greatest contributor to costs associated with breach incidents, accounting for 44 percent of costs. Other costs included activities to detect and investigate the breach, to notify victims and to provide credit monitoring services. Amount paid per compromised record:
Ref: http://www.scmagazineus.com/us-organizations-face-the-highest-data-br... Ref: http://www.encryptionreports.com/
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Written by Terence Sequeira
Thursday, 06 May 2010 05:30



