Survey: 80 percent of U.S. investors wary of investing in companies that have a history of getting hacked. 70 percent would research a publicly traded firm’s cybersecurity practices and incidents. But investors weigh customer data breaches as worse than theft of intellectual property, survey finds. Obama administration last week announced its plans to crack down on IP theft. Investors care about how companies handle breach disclosure, says Ken Silva, senior vice president for cyberstrategy at ManTech International Corp. He says boardrooms are starting to take a lot more interest in security.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/investors-value-a-company-s-cybersecurity-record