Data breach – those two words stir fear in most people. According to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, more than 864 million personal records have been breached in the U.S. since 2005. With approximately 40% of the people in the world online, the number of breaches will only increase.
So it's not a matter of if your company is breached, but when. While it's important to take the steps necessary to prevent a breach, preparing for an actual breach is also critical.
Every company should have an incident response plan. This is a written plan of the steps to take when a data breach occurs. It lists the resources the company has available, the resources they need in order to respond to the breach, who should be told, and what actions should be taken and when.
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