5 Steps to Preventing a Data Breach Disaster

It's safe to say that it's been a difficult year for the retail market. However, these recent trials and tribulations have created a heightened sense of awareness for the industry. IT decision makers and high-level executives are now recognizing the need for better security policies and strategies.

Although it's unfortunate that a massive data breach compromising the personal information of millions of consumers needed to happen, it's just another lesson for organizations across all industries to internalize. It's no longer a matter of "if" a company is hacked, but more so a matter of "when" a company is hacked. The best security professionals can do is continue in the evolution and innovation of solutions to help better protect customer data. The five steps noted above are an important aspect of that continued evolution; they're also explained in further detail in our recently published e-book, Five Observations of Retail Data Breaches: Why Include Encryption?, available for download here.