What is the average cost for a data breach for a company in the United States? $5.85 million. What about the cost of defending a data breach lawsuit? $574,984. Also, the average cost for settling a data breach lawsuit is $258,099. How would your company hold up if your critical data was breached? Perpetual Storage has been a […]
Since it’s close to Halloween as I write this, I thought I’d start with some “horror stories” I have heard about how IT persons, who should know better, have stored or placed their irreplaceable computer tapes in “harm’s way” resulting in the inability to read the data on the tapes. They quickly learned that using […]
In celebration of Halloween this week, we decided to share some Scary Data Loss Horror Stories. If you’ve heard of any better ones, please share with us. We will be adding additional stories throughout the week. [call_to_action title=”” text=”Read more Data Loss Horror Stories in the post that inspired us!” button_text=”CLICK HERE” button_link=”http://perpetuals.wpengine.com/2014/10/the-importance-of-proper-environment-with-offsite-tape-storage/” ][/call_to_action]
1. Understand that we are all liable to protect the organizations data Not only is the individual IT employee liable but the managers and board members are also personally liable. The board of directors has a fiduciary responsibility to the stockholders to protect the company assets. Failure to establish and maintain a reasonable security program […]
Microfilm and Microfiche are typically used for the archival storage of important information. This medium allows people to preserve and compact large amounts of information into a much smaller storage space. It is of the highest importance that Microfilm and Microfiche are stored under the right conditions. If proper conditions are not provided, symptoms of deterioration […]
