Data Breach Experts to Board of Directors: Wake the Hell Up
Despite deluge of stolen PII, data breach experts see little change in corporate security behavior
The results of a Ponemon Institute survey commissioned by defense contractor Raytheon suggest that the massive attention generated by recent data breaches have failed “to move the needle” in changing behaviors and attitudes toward information security at many companies.
One of my most trusted sources of information about data breach is Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute. Larry’s data is unbiased, no nonsense and reliable, even though his work is occasionally commissioned by interested parties (like Raytheon). And supported by studies from other data breach experts, we are all screaming at your organization to WAKE THE HELL UP! I rarely use statistics (and only occasional but fully-justified swearing) in my keynote presentations (because I don’t fancy sleeping audiences — or lawsuits), but today I’m going to BOMBARD you with them. Use whichever stat you think will best shock your “head-in-the-scorching-sand” executive out of the destructive malaise that might lead you into an Anthem-like, Sony-style, Target-worthy data breach:
