Contracting in the Cloud: Who Pays for a Data Breach

Although high-profile data breaches against the Democratic National Committee and large retail companies have grabbed headlines, the risk of a data breach cuts across industries and affects businesses large and small, causing some companies to migrate mission-critical data, including sensitive customer information, to third-party cloud providers. Even if the cloud is more secure, data stored there face many of the same threats and can be an attractive target for hackers, the authors write.

Reproduced with permission from Privacy & Security Law Report, 15 PVLR 1846, 9/19/16. Copyright 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com