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Budgets and regulation to blame for data breaches
Companies who have suffered data breaches or those without measures in place to prevent their occurrence may be suffering the consequences of budget cuts and slack regulation.
The warning comes from Alexei Lesnykh, businesses development manager for DeviceLock, who said that many IT security pros had their hands tied by regulatory laxness and financial demands.
Many of the electronic records breaches last year could have been avoided if simple security measures had been put in place, according to a recent report by Verizon Business.
And Mr Lesnykh explained one of the reasons why: "Until very recently, the compliance pressure regarding data breach reporting was not so high."
However, "now the situation has changed," he added, because the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) can now order organisations to pay up to £500,000 as a penalty for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
A study by DeviceLock, an endpoint data leak prevention software solutions provider, found that one in three IT decision makers is still failing to deploy any form of data leak preventions.
Posted by Mark Taylor
The warning comes from Alexei Lesnykh, businesses development manager for DeviceLock, who said that many IT security pros had their hands tied by regulatory laxness and financial demands.
Many of the electronic records breaches last year could have been avoided if simple security measures had been put in place, according to a recent report by Verizon Business.
And Mr Lesnykh explained one of the reasons why: "Until very recently, the compliance pressure regarding data breach reporting was not so high."
However, "now the situation has changed," he added, because the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) can now order organisations to pay up to £500,000 as a penalty for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
A study by DeviceLock, an endpoint data leak prevention software solutions provider, found that one in three IT decision makers is still failing to deploy any form of data leak preventions.
Posted by Mark Taylor