Are You Prepared for a Data Breach Crisis?

Your company is entrusted with sensitive, personal data – that of your employees, customers, investors, and others. These individuals trust that you are protecting their privacy and managing that information to their expected standards. This trust is critical to the long-term success of your company. The question is: when a data breach happens, are you prepared?  A data breach involving personal information can put affected individuals at risk of personal and economic harm and, consequently, severely damage an organisation’s reputation. This year, more than one million Australians had their private data lost or stolen in just ONE data breach, and 242 data breaches were reported in just a three-month period. It’s never been more important for senior business leaders to have experience in managing crisis situations and to understand what external factors will impact that crisis and how to be prepared to manage the risks in your business. But first, […]