Gartner: Data protection costs less than breach cleanup
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, June 12, 2006
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Paying for cleanup after a data breach is more than five times as expensive as using tools-such as data encryption, host-based intrusion prevention, and security audits-to prevent a breach, according to Stamford, CT-based Gartner, Inc.
An organization with 10,000 accounts could spend $16 per account for the proper security tools, said Avivah Litan, vice president and analyst at the research firm. "This compares with an expenditure of at least $90 per customer account when data is compromised or exposed during a breach," she added in a Gartner release.
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