The cost of data breaches -
How much money may data loss prevention solutions (DLP) save? The answer varies, of course, but the Ponemon Institute, a research organization dedicated to privacy, data protection and information security policy of Traverse City, Mich., Has at least put a price tag the loss of data in its 2010 annual study :. US cost of a data breach
In collaboration with Symantec security software provider Mountain View, California, the Ponemon Institute surveyed US companies to determine the incidence and cost data. violations. carrier mobile data in 2010, the cost of breaches involving the loss or theft reached $ 258 per record, up 15 percent from 2009. According to the study, these violations are still among the most expensive, Therefore, the study raises the long and investigation activities-activities and expensive forensic which could be simplified with DLP discovery.
The cost of the offenses due to negligence, which was responsible for 41 percent of all offenses, increased to $ 196 per record, up 27 percent from 2009. The study assumes the statistics indicate negligence ongoing compliance challenges-a selling point for network and endpoint DLP.
regarding the costs allocated to data breaches? The company pegged study lost an average price tag of $ 134 per record as the top problem, followed by $ 51 per record companies devoted to response activities to victims such as reports of monitoring or credit issuing new accounts. The implementation of DLP policies, practices and technologies are among the actions recommended in the study.
For more information on DLP, see our feature on DLP for SMEs.
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