When talking about cybersecurity, highlights tend to be about breaches, costs, and different methods businesses can apply to contain and reduce both; but what about measuring security from a business perspective? Let’s take a look at how security affects some of the most important business KPIs.
When companies average a cyberattack per month that costs them about $3.5 million per year in recovery costs, it’s safe to say that businesses are looking to reduce those costs. The information provided by the Ponemon Institute report, External Threats: Security Beyond The Perimeter, also reveals the challenges businesses are facing in doing this.
Last week at Black Hat, Las Vegas, a lot of important cybersecurity topics came about. One that is worth mentioning is how organizations can’t stop spending on cybersecurity in favor of cyber-insurance. It makes sense to security pros…
When looking at the recently released 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the takeaways for businesses are more than only the information on data breach cost changes and their impact on businesses. One of those additional pieces of information include data breach cost megatrends…
With more than 50% of SMBs experiencing breach in the past 12 months (Ponemon Institute), there’s a clear message for all businesses: No one is exempt from being a target of breach. The small business information security arena has been a bit less highlighted throughout the years, but…
Lack of visibility of data assets continues to be a problem within the enterprise. A recent survey by the IRM reveals that two thirds of businesses still don’t know the value of critical data assets being targeted by cybercriminals….