On March 24, 2009, the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium hosted a panel discussion addressing Data Privacy. The event closed with a round table discussion that included Nanette Poulious, Director of the Information Assurance program at Walsh College. The questions posed to the panel reflected a readiness from the business community to consider information security as business enabler. Given the damage from recent data breaches, this attitude must be embraced throughout this nation. Given the value of information is not fully realized until it is lost.”]