Business is the lifeblood of the American economy and as such could be the target of cyber criminals or foreign powers seeking to gain access and destroy data pivotal to the operation of these businesses. As cybertechnology becomes more and more integral to the way businesses operate it has helped highlight the potential risk posed by not securing this technology as it becomes as easy as ever to gain access and wreak havoc. With this information in mind it can be reasoned that companies must begin considering the implementation and cost of cyber security programs to help better secure their systems. Cost seems to be the reason that most companies are hesitant to fully implement cyber security systems and experts, which is understandable but before speaking on cost itself I believe it is important to understand that even if these programs are expensive at first it is much better to pay the set sum now then pay an insurmountable amount of money in the future when thousands of dollars of data and information are stolen or destroyed in a cyber attack. Cost may differ among different companies as the amount of systems they have may be different as such must use some sort of framework at first to take measure of what they need in terms of security and experts. Many cybersecurity programs may include; insurance, programs, and actual expert training initiatives which usually has a hefty average cost of $57,000 per year but to that I would say to remember the initial cost as compared to the cost of lost data which could be in the millions. The benefits however definitely outweigh the cost as with a proper cybersecurity system businesses may benefit from; higher data security, reduction of financial loss due to stolen data and finally a decrease of workplace deviance.