Data Breaches More Costly Than Ever

According to the latest study by the Ponemon Group, as reported in The Washington Post, the average cost of recovering from a data breach is up to $6.6 million. Even for small companies, an average cost of $202 per customer record adds up quickly to a crushing blow. Now more than ever, it's critical to protect yourself from data loss. That means encrypting data at rest on hard drives and USB Flash Drives, encrypting data in motion when remotely accessing information outside the office or sending data between people, and perhaps most importantly, focusing on strong authentication to ensure that the bad guys can't get in to your systems, even if they succeed in stealing a password or poking a hole in your outer defenses. A little bit of time, attention, and investment in security now will prevent your business from paying a potentially fatal price down the road.