According to the 2007 report “Calculating the Cost of a Security Breach,” a security breach can cost between $90 and $305 per record. And according to 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, there were more cyber security breaches in 2010 than any other year to date, with 92 percent of those breaches stemming from external agents.
Such staggering statistics should have you considering how your business can better protect your wireless network from such malicious attacks. It is also important for your organization to know and understand PCI requirements for wireless networks and how they affect your business. Not only can your reputation be damaged quickly and severely, but so can your finances.
Read PCI requirements for wireless networks, how to safeguard your store from rogue access and why bother if you do not have wireless in your environment…