Module #7

 What are the costs and benefits of developing cybersecurity programs in business?

Cyber-attacks and data breaches can cost a business millions of dollars depending on how serious the attack is. Depending on what information was compromised can determine the cost of a breach to business. A business can spend an average of $4 billion due to loosing personal information of their customers and any other sensitive data. Businesses also have to prioritize customer information or else there will be no trust and consumers will move to a more reliable place.Having information hacked isn’t the main thing that influence a business. At the point when a business turns into a casualty to a data breach or information break, it can conceivably make them lose their client base. At the point when a business misfortune their clients, they at that point create having money related misfortune because of the absence of business. Having your business attacked can cause more issues out of sight that individuals don’t comprehend, and can make the business shut down for good. Businesses should invest in cyber security and develop a strategy plan. By doing this a business can prepare for an attack as well as not panic for if an attack does happen and is successful they will know what to do. Properly educating employees on the different types of cyber risk they will can benefit the business. Another overlooked factor to planning is the recovery process if an attack does happen. How will you gain the customers trust back? How do you stop them from going somewhere else and how do you ensure that this does not happen again and see if any customers may have potential information that was compromised and informing them. Although cyber security programs may be expensive as well as a team that can handle the issues, far more businesses are put out because of the lack of cyber security.

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