Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar

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DATA BREACHES ARE HERE TO STAY

Intersting, one of today's top news items put out by the AP, is "Data Breaches Hit Record in 2007."

As I said before, the personal data of employees and the public has *value* only to that person unless a company's product is data on individuals. Look at all the effort (and $) that has done into DRM and other anti-theft solutions. I think if they committed to data breach solutions and prevention as they do to theft of product or IP, then people might not be so hard on companies.

I'm afraid to say it, but companies won't take data breach seriously unless companies experience the type of bottom-line pain that is comparable to the loss due to product theft. Embarrassment is over data breach is fleeting.

Posted by: elizab   Posted on: 12/31/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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