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Poneman's 2007 Cost of a Breach Survey: Cost Per Compromised Record Rises to Almost $200

Incidents involving third-party organizations are also on the rise and cost more than internal breaches

By Katherine Walsh

reach experiences, says Dasher.

At the same time, legal defense and public relations costs have increased to 8 percent (3 percent of the total cost of a breach). According to Dasher, these numbers were not measured in previous years because they accounted for only a sliver of the overall cost. But now, given the fact that brand damage comes at such an increasingly high price, companies are trying to use PR as a way to mitigate the monetary loss associated with it.

Reach Associate Staff Writer Katherine Walsh at kwalsh@cxo.com.

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