Rising costs associated with data breaches drive impacts on consumers, says IBM research. A 10% increase this year has pushed the average business disruption and remediation cost to $4.88m, but instead of bolstering data breach prevention efforts many of the organisations surveyed pass these costs onto customers. Additionally, the average data breach recovery time is 100 to 150 days at least, creating a long-term recovery period.

Cyber incident response: insights from the front line – Johnson Winter Slattery
“Johnson Winter Slattery offers insights on cyber incident response from the front line. The article highlights best practices for responding to cyber incidents effectively and