Report: Average data breach costs public companies $116M
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2020-06-09T20:02:00
An Audit Analytics report on cyber-security breaches at public companies found the sensitivity of customer information stolen—along with length of time it took companies to report breaches—greatly affected the financial damage the breaches caused.
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