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2022 report: More data breaches and costs rising

IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 (IBM Report) was recently released, and suggests that the cost of data breaches continued to rise to an all-time high—in fact, the average total cost of a data breach was USD 4.35 million in the past year of the study (March 2021–March 2022).

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What is Zero Trust?

Given the significant cost associated with data breaches these days, now might be a good time for organizations to seriously explore the Zero Trust model of cybersecurity.

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Recent reports regarding privacy: 2018-2019 survey of Canadians on privacy and 2017 survey of Canadian businesses on privacy-related issues

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has a mandate to protect and promote privacy rights of Canadians, and this includes conducting public opinion research with the general population and also with Canadian businesses on privacy-related issues.

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