Over the last couple of years, there has been an optimistic increase in company breach-preparedness levels. However, within that same time period, some of the largest, most destructive breaches took place. Think Ashley Madison, LivingSocial, Hilton, Neiman Marcus and JP Morgan. This contradiction begs the question — if more organizations are aware of security risks and are taking steps to address the issue, but large breaches are continuing at breakneck speed, are businesses going about preparedness the wrong way? Michael Bruemmer, CIPP/US, explores in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor. Editor’s Note: The IAPP will be hosting a Data Breach Bootcamp at the Privacy. Security. Risk. conference from Sept. 13-16 in San Jose, California.
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