LAS VEGAS – Due to advancing technologies and a growing amount of internationally-connected data floating around in the world, credit unions and other organizations can be considered powerless in their quest to stop all breaches in their tracks. Instead, they should invest their time and resources into response and recovery plans to put into action when the inevitable attack occurs.
That was the key point three cybersecurity experts brought home during the breakout session "Data Breach Risk Management: Real Risks, Real Data, Real Answers" at CU Direct's Drive conference Thursday.
Retired FBI special agent John Iannarelli, Merchants Information Solutions VP and Identity Theft Practice Leader Mark Pribish and Vero SVP, Identity Theft Services Jim McCabe shared staggering statistics on the rise of cybercrime, including a 270% increase in business email compromises in 2016, a 16% increase in identity fraud since 2015 and a cost to organizations of $221 per record stolen.
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