Ponemon Institute Archives - CFO

Data Breaches Cost Companies $4.24M Per Incident On Average

Data Breaches Cost Companies $4.24M Per Incident On Average

The new report also found that breaches cost over $1 million more on average when remote work was indicated as a factor in the event.

By Vincent Ryan | July 28, 2021

Study Details Alarming Risks to Knowledge Assets

Study Details Alarming Risks to Knowledge Assets

More than four in five IT security practitioners admit that their companies' knowledge assets likely have been breached.

By David McCann | April 26, 2018

How to Prevent ‘Visual Hacking’

How to Prevent ‘Visual Hacking’

In this high-tech age, low-tech hacking techniques like physically looking at open computer screens may be overlooked, potentially leading to disaster.

By John Brenberg | December 5, 2017

Companies Lose Ground to Cyber Criminals

Companies Lose Ground to Cyber Criminals

Both the number of successful hacks and the financial havoc they cause are up by more than 20% in 2017, Ponemon reports.

By David McCann | October 25, 2017

Data Breach Costs Climb to Average of $3.8M

Data Breach Costs Climb to Average of $3.8M

Ponemon Institute study finds costs are rising in part because criminal cyberattacks are becoming more frequent.

By Matthew Heller | June 1, 2015

Data Breach Costs Overstated, Verizon Suggests

Data Breach Costs Overstated, Verizon Suggests

Cost-per-record may not be the best metric to use when calculating how much a cyber-security failure could cost your company.

By Matthew Heller | April 15, 2015

Five Truths About Cyber Security

Five Truths About Cyber Security

Among the points to remember: your information network will most certainly be compromised.

By Iris Dorbian | September 23, 2014

Three Steps to Data Security

Risk Management

Three Steps to Data Security

Legal bills, compliance fines, fees for forensic investigators — data breaches are expensive. Here's how your company can avoid being a victim.

By Katherine Teitler | May 21, 2014

Why Finance Chiefs Should Lead on Cyber-Security

Why Finance Chiefs Should Lead on Cyber-Security

With attacks targeting financial data and other critical assets, CFOs must set the tone when it comes to identifying and thwarting cyber-threats.

By Tom McGrath and Terry Jost | November 19, 2013

At the Corner of Finance and Risk Management

Risk Management

At the Corner of Finance and Risk Management

The new president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, also the risk manager of a major health-care provider, readies his employer for health-care reform so it can help its customers do the same.

By Caroline McDonald | January 18, 2013

No Escaping Cyber Risk, Companies Warned

No Escaping Cyber Risk, Companies Warned

Virtually all organizations are prone to data breaches, which, according to recent research, cost an average of $5.5 million each.

By Caroline McDonald | June 26, 2012

Where the Money Is, and the Security Isn’t

Where the Money Is, and the Security Isn’t

Cyber thieves are increasingly targeting small and midsize businesses, and why not? Most SMBs do little to protect themselves.

By Russ Banham | February 1, 2012