Lock up your data
In the past, when confidential data was stored in printed form, industrial espionage and
theft was a laborious, risky exercise. Today, when most bankable information is stored
electronically, major data theft can be a few mouse clicks away.
A recent major survey by Price Waterhouse Coopers on information security breaches found that
44% of UK businesses have suffered at least one malicious security breach in the past year.
And while companies might primarily be concerned about the challenges of fraud or electronic robbery,
the fact is that data theft or denial of service attacks can be just as damaging. According to the
Department of Trade and Industry's Information Security Breaches Survey 2002, the average cost of
each serious incident is £30,000, and several companies reported breaches costing more than £500,000.
For any organisation, these include:
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