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The True Cost of Information Security Breaches: A Business Approach
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The True Cost of Information Security Breaches: A Business Approach

by Prof.John Walker, Michael Krausz
July 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
73 pages
1h 20m
English
IT Governance Publishing
Content preview from The True Cost of Information Security Breaches: A Business Approach
3: Cost Factors of a Breach
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public, while others will not, simply because the
general public is not part of the customer base.
Public reputational cost
These are costs associated with having lost
reputation with the general public. This cost can
cover many scenarios, such as a football team
damaging its fan base because of a betting fraud
scandal, a payment provider or a bank being
hacked and credit card data stolen, or a
government agency losing health records or other
highly-personal data.
Public reputational cost usually affects
organisations that:
have the general public as their main customer
base and not a specific part of the economy;
deliver services or process data that has a
privacy impact on individuals (and
individ ...
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ISBN: 9781849284967