Hannaford’s CEO announced that his company would “spend millions” to improve their security posture and prevent further data breaches. This is a laudable stance; however, it is also an example of what I call The Recency Trap when organizations respond to a recent event or change in circumstance and often over-invest. Why spend that money on hard-drive encryption at the expense of other business continuity, training, and data protection initiatives that would yield higher returns and mitigate more risk?”]
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