IT Professionals Think Information Security And Disaster Recovery Should Be Last To Get Budget Cuts | CIO
By Ron LaPedis – Mar 19, 2015 6:16 AM PT
…IT people know the facts. For instance, they know that, in 2014, the average organizational cost of a data breach was just over $5.85M – 15% higher than in 2013. They also know that companies spend an average of $686,000 per hour when experiencing downtime. ROI? The ROI for information security and disaster recovery testing is huge. It just happens to be measured in terms of what you don’t lose and what you don’t spend.