As data breaches proliferate, organizations are under pressure to protect their customers, their reputations and their bottom line.

Challenges for risk professionals are growing as malicious and criminal attacks soar, with human error found to be a big contributor.

In fact, the average cost of a data breach event has risen to $2.7 million, according to the Ponemon Institute's U.S. Cost of a Data Breach report, released in March 2011.

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