6 E-Commerce Security Pointers for Marketers and Consumers Alike

In 2008, the total average costs of a data breach grew to $202 per record compromised, an increase of 2.5 percent since 2007 ($197 per record). The average total cost per reporting company also rose, growing to more than $6.6 million per breach (up from $6.3 million in 2007) and ranging from $613,000 to almost $32 million, according to a recent study from Ponemon Institute, an independent research firm that specializes in privacy, data protection and information security policy.