By Evy Schwartz
How about you? If you had to choose which to have to deal with…would you pick a divorce or going through a data breach? If you chose divorce, then you agree with most people. This revelation came from a recent study asking people to rate the stress levels of specific situations that happen in life. The results were pretty interesting.
Most people said that dealing with a data breach at work would beat out a divorce or getting fired in terms of stress levels! This study was done by Dynamic Markets who polled 1,000 IT managers and 1,000 non-IT employees in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Almost three quarters of those polled agreed that simply keeping data protected is more stressful than divorce, managing debt or being in a car accident. Wow…that’s a lot of stress! But here’s where this poll becomes more troubling: 34% said they would not report accidentally compromised data to their boss.
These results are not as surprising when you really think about what’s all involved if a company’s data is breached. Hefty fines, bad press, damaged reputation, angry customers, employees getting fired…well, you get the point.
That’s why there are companies like GlobalSCAPE. We’re the experts in keeping data secure. So why try to do everything on your own? We can wipe away much of the stress surrounding keeping data secure. If you’d like more information, we’re simply a phone call away at 800-290-5054 or you can go to the main GlobalSCAPE website for more info.
Clearly, the stress level of a data breach for a public company has a ‘gianormous’ impact across the entirety of the company – customers, shareholders and employees. It’s not always easy, but it’s completely worth it to have the right processes AND technology in place for a trusted data/information environment.
