Time Is (Still) Money and Other Findings from the 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report
Security Intelligence PodcastShow Notes
What are the top findings from the Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020? Charles DeBeck, a cyber threat intelligence expert with IBM X‑Force IRIS, talks about what drives costs higher for some organizations. "We observed a growing divide between organizations that were well prepared and organizations that weren't," DeBeck says.
DeBeck covers more highlights from the report, including top root causes such as cloud misconfiguration and compromised credentials. He also shares what the study found were the most successful security measures for mitigating costs: security automation and incident response readiness.
View highlights and download the report: https://www.ibm.com/security/digital-assets/cost-data-breach-report/
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