INTERIM. Millions in Costs for Data Breach in Dallas County

When did Dallas County have a data breach? In December 2015, it came to light that Dallas County had left personally identifiable information from 10s of 1000s accessible online for more than a decade.

How much does an average data breech cost to remediate? $80 per record. If it exposed 50,000 records that is a $4 million remediation minimum.

How does the remediation cost cover for Dallas County?

• information technology experts to investigate, repair, and secure data (Procurement Opportunity)
• expenses to provide legally required notifications to the citizens (Procurement Opportunity)
• costs to offer identity theft monitoring services (Procurement Opportunity)
• attorney fees (Procurement Opportunity)

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