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Data-Breach Costs Rising, Study Finds
BobB-nw writes to tell us that a recent study of 43 companies that suffered from data breaches last year showed the total cost of dealing with the breach to have risen to $6.6 million per incident. The cost is about $202 per record compromised for first timers, while the repeat offenders seem to have their mojo down and only suffer about $192 per record. With 88% of all data loss cases for 2008 being traced back to insider negligence it's a wonder that a little upfront money isn't being directed at prevention; guess as soon as they idiot-proof it someone will build a better idiot.
If they need to try to Idiot-proof a system take out the "Idiot". If these companies hire more technology inclined workers (people who read /.) they they won't have this problem as often.
Maybe, but then they'd have to deal with everyone putting goatse links all over the company newsletter and sending out gay porn featuring the CEO of the company, so there's a little bit of a downside too.
On the other hand, most Slashdotters never leave the basement, so you would save on office space.