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A couple high-profile crash & burns will get their attention.

Just like well-publicized data breaches over the years got people’s attention? Color me skeptical.

The CEO of the company I work for is extremely paranoic about data breaches.

We do a lot of prevention and recovery testing.

So yes, it can happen.

The world is a big place. Of course it happens. But, colloquially speaking, "getting people's attention" suggests that more than a rounding error took heed.

I'm glad your CEO cares. It makes a difference and I hope you feel good about that. And the world would be a better place if more did care. But, to a first approximation, it seems like organizations don't care about data breaches.

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