{"id":21,"date":"2007-04-26T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/2007\/04\/26\/over-three-years-to-recover-a-reputation\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:48:21","slug":"three-years-to-recover-from-a-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/three-years-to-recover-from-a-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Three+ Years to Recover From a Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Over<\/a>In an article on Todays<\/span> Facilities\u2019 Manager<\/em> website<\/a> reports that it takes over three years<\/strong> for a firm to recover from a crisis<\/strong> like a data breach hat damages its reputation, according to the market research firm Burson<\/span>–Marsteller<\/span><\/a>. The firm points out that quickly disclosing the details<\/strong> of a scandal or corporate misstep and making visible progress<\/strong> toward recovery should be the first steps any organization takes to rebuild its reputation.<\/p>\n

Not only will it take over three years to recover a corporate reputation, but Forrester<\/a> is reporting it can take a lot of money. In an April 11, 2007 article at Information Week<\/em>, Forrester analysts report that the average data breach<\/a> can cost a company between $90 and $305 per lost record<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Information that firms like TJX<\/span> Companies<\/a> and Menu Foods<\/a> seem to have missed.<\/p>\n

(updated 06-17-07)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It takes 3+ years to recover your corporations reputation and the average data breach can cost a firm from $90 – $305 per lost record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3283,1795,5,849,1962,951,1963,1878],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-continuity","tag-3283","tag-breach","tag-business-continuity","tag-data","tag-media","tag-pii","tag-reputation","tag-social"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t