The average cost of a "mega" data breach has risen astronomically over the past year and enterprise players impacted by such a security incident can expect to pay up to $392 million. Data breaches are a commonplace occurrence now and cyberattacks launched against companies have spawned a new cyberinsurance industry, the emergence of regulatory and class-action lawsuits against firms that fail to protect data, and new laws — such as the EU's GDPR — that can be used to impose heavy penalties against data controllers with lax security.
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