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Re: Article: The Cold, Hard Costs of Data Exposure
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:37:07 -0400 (EDT)
: PGP Study says the direct, indirect, and opportunity cost is $140 for : each record lost. They also say 20% of the customers leave, and an : additional 40% are looking for a new provider. I have a hard time believing that 20% of customers leave as a result of dataloss. At least in the U.S., people are lazy. They will fall into that 40% that are 'looking' for a new provider, but the amount that actually go through the hassle of switching? I have a feeling it is a lot less. I haven't read either of these studies but another thing that comes to mind is what about the situations where they can't leave? Veteran's Affairs or other agencies/companies that have the information based on your past, you can't just "drop them". And finally, after you leave, the company still holds onto old customer records for years. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 136 million compromised records in 375 incidents over 6 years.
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