{"id":288,"date":"2022-11-13T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T20:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/?p=288"},"modified":"2022-11-13T20:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T20:34:44","slug":"journal-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/2022\/11\/13\/journal-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal # 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What are the costs and benefits of developing cybersecurity programs in business?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The cost of developing a cybersecurity program depends on what the company is willing to spend to protect the system. Each company is given the standard foundation on what\u2019s needed to protect their infrastructure but cut corners on the spending budget. Most companies feel there is no reason to by the latest software or technology when they can save money and possibly save money on buying an earlier model or software that\u2019s been on the market for a while and hasn\u2019t had any major issues reported regarding being hack. On the software side of the house, you could purchase software ranging from 1 to 5,000 dollars a month, which could really put a strain on the company\u2019s financial position. If you really break it down the cost of cybersecurity is a breakdown on what you pay, what the criminals charge you to release your company\u2019s stolen information, and how much are you willing to pay to get it back.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now, let\u2019s talk about the benefits of cybersecurity. Having a good protection system will help you maintain a good standing in the eyes of your customers, knowing that their information is secure gives people confidence in the company and will draw more customers in who would like to join them. A vast majority of financial fraud and embezzlement takes place electronically and you what to protect against that. Another benefit to having cybersecurity is to help protect against viruses and various types of malware. In my opinion developing this program also helps protect you against damage to hardware that can impact productivity and cause a company to go out of business. Finally, after putting all your intellectual property in the system, you want to make sure it is secure and investing in good security will pay off. To sum it all up, if you want your company to survive, invest in cybersecurity.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the costs and benefits of developing cybersecurity programs in business? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The cost of developing a cybersecurity program depends on what the company is willing to spend to protect the system. Each company is given the standard foundation on what\u2019s needed to protect their infrastructure but cut corners on the spending budget. Most&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/2022\/11\/13\/journal-4\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":24844,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rwigg004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}