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What to Do About High Data Breach Costs
It's not always good to be Number One. According to a newly released report from the Ponemon Institute, the U.S. is the most costly country in the world in which to have a data breach. In its “2013 Cost of Data Breach: Global Analysis” study, Ponemon reported the total cost of a breach incident in the U.S. to be $5.4 million, or approximately $188 for every exposed record. (The study is available through Symantec at http://bit.ly/16j7W15.)
Lost business costs, such as abnormal turnover of customers, reputational harm and diminished goodwill, associated with a data breach averaged over $3.03 million in the U.S. Notification costs are a leading driver of total breach response costs, and giving notice too soon can raise that cost even higher, according to the report. Although the most expensive breaches were those caused by malicious attacks by hackers or criminal insiders, the majority of breaches ' 63% ' resulted from either negligence or system glitches.
Costs associated with data breaches were highest in heavily regulated industries, such as health care, financial and pharmaceutical businesses. The per capita cost was $233 for healthcare organizations, $215 for financial businesses, and $207 for pharmaceutical companies, all well above the overall mean cost of $136. Public sector organizations and retailers had the lowest per capita cost, coming in at $81 and $78 respectively.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?