The news of this latest breach was released on Friday (11\/30\/18):<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marriott-breach-how-to-protect-yourself-if-youve-been-affected-by-the-starwood-data-breach\/<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s become so common to hear about these data breaches, that we wouldn\u2019t blame you if you were to ignore these headlines.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This one was particularly bad – including not just the regular information like email and passwords – but possibly even including information such as credit cards, birthdays, passport numbers and addresses.\u00a0 So, from a personal perspective, you should be wary if you\u2019ve been a customer of theirs in the past.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For those of you concerned about this particular hack, the article above has some very good suggestions on what to do. \u00a0\u00a0Some more helpful information is included in this series of Tweets from Mike Litt, the President of U.S. PIRG (U.S. PIRG, the United States Public Interest Research Group).\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLittUSA\/status\/1068530543149572096<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From a business perspective – UCRIGHT<\/a> continues to advise our clients that no matter how big or small they are; that they too are at risk.\u00a0 Further, we try to explain that security, in general, and more specifically threat mitigation, is one of the most critical components of IT environments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All too often new clients tell us, \u201cWell, I have an advanced firewall, email filtering and Anti-Virus software\u2026.why do I need anything else\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We understand the sentiment and we obviously believe the above technologies are a must have for any computer or network connected to the internet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However what we explain when we hear this, is that in this day and age this is just the bare minimum and should not be considered a complete security solution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instead, customers need a robust and well rounded security strategy.\u00a0 UCRIGHT<\/a>\u00a0has partnered with industry leading security providers to help minimize your exposure – some of the most common offerings are listed below:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another interesting fact is that according to a study commissioned by IBM,\u00a0the average cost of a data breach to a company is $3.86 million dollars.\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/security\/data-breach<\/a>. \u00a0With the introduction of GDPR<\/a> in the EU, and similar legislation<\/a> being proposed in the US, you can assume this number will continue to climb.\u00a0 And while it may be financially tolerable for a company like Marriot\/Starwood to pay these high penalties, many other companies would likely have to close their doors after suffering a similar breach.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As with all our offerings, UCRIGHT knows there is no \u2018one size fits all\u2019 solution and that\u2019s why we are here to help guide you through the process from beginning to end.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We know security keeps you up at night, or at least it should, but with the right planning and solutions it doesn\u2019t have too!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n