October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an ideal time to thoroughly assess an organization’s cybersecurity policies and procedures.
A breach can cost a company an average of $9.44 million, according to Ponemon Institute and IBM Security’s 2022 Cost of a Data Breach report. More than 83 percent of organizations surveyed have had more than one data breach, according to the report. I’d add that cyberattacks often pull valuable resources away from other pressing concerns such as growing a business and taking care of employees, and that a breach can create major mistrust between an organization and its customers.
With cybersecurity in mind, I invite readers to attend the Michigan 2022 Cyber Summit. Deloitte is a sponsor of this annual event, scheduled for Thursday, October 27 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. State leaders as well as Jen Easterly, director of the state’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, plus cybersecurity experts from other states and from business and industry will present at the conference. To register for the summit, click here.
There are many business reasons to attend the summit. You will have an opportunity to network…
