You don’t need to be a security engineer to know that we are living in an age of never-ending cyberattacks and data breaches. Reports of major cyberattacks against companies across the full spectrum of industries are now a routine part of the mainstream news cycle, and the frequency of such attacks is rising.

And so is the cost of cyberattacks. In fact, according to Forbes®, the financial consequences of cybercrime will total two trillion dollars by 2019.

Why are cyberattacks increasing in frequency and fallout, despite the huge amount of money that organizations now invest in IT security? There are several reasons:

While the specific requirements of compliance policies vary from framework to framework, an underlying objective of IT security in compliance policies relates to what is known as the CIA Triad. In this case, “CIA” stands for the: Confidentiality – Integrity – Availability, of Data

The Ohio Safe Harbor Law will provide covered entities a legal safe harbor for certain data breach-related claims brought in an Ohio Court or under Ohio Law if, at the time of the breach, the entity maintains and complies with a cyber-security program that:

1. Contains administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the protection of personal information.

2. Reasonably conforms to one of the “industry-recognized” cyber-security frameworks enumerated in the law.

1354.01-05 of the Ohio revised code

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