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Computerworld reports that executives at Hannaford Bros. Co. said they expect to spend "millions" of dollars on IT security upgrades in the wake of the recent network intrusion that resulted in the theft of up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from its systems.
Although this is good news, doesn't it make you wonder how good things could be if organizations planned appropriately up-front -- before a breach -- implementing better data protection plans and avoiding the breaches in the first place?
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About cmullins
Craig S. Mullins is a data management strategist for NEON Enterprise Software. Craig has extensive experience in the field of database management having worked as an application developer, a DBA, and an instructor with multiple database management systems, including working with with DB2 for z/OS since Version 1. Craig is also an IBM Information Champion and is the author of two books: "DB2 Developer’s Guide" and "Database Administration: Practices and Procedures."