Are You Underestimating the Cost of a Data Breach?

In fact, that is exactly what the cyber criminals want you to think.

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The Real Cost of a Data Breach

As you may know, it’s getting easier and less expensive for cyber criminals to perpetrate attacks.

A recent study by Deloitte estimated that readily available cyber crime tools costing $34 per month could return $25,000. While more expensive but sophisticated tools that cost a few thousand dollars could return as much as $1 million per month.

It’s easy to see that a data breach can be devastating to the business, its customers, its vendors and the community. Studies are showing that the cost of a data breach may be much higher than originally believed:

• The Small Business Administration estimated that there were over 42,000 cyber security incidents last year
• 43 percent of those incidents were targeted at small businesses
• It has been found that the average cost of a data breach to a small business is $149,000 not including the damage to the brand reputation
• IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report found that the average cost to a business per record lost is $233, and those costs can skyrocket in tightly-regulated industries.

Recently, LibertyID reviewed a study performed by Logically, and offered business owners’ thoughts after being shown the statistics on how much a data breach will truly cost a business.

Read the Article on LibertyID

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