The New York Times reported today that "a group of hackers said Wednesday that it had obtained the e-mail addresses of 114,000 owners of 3G Apple iPads, including those of military personnel, business executives and public figures, by exploiting a security hole on AT&T’s Web site." As access to information becomes more expansive throughout the consumer world, corporations are going to need to respond in a proactive manner to the way in which they go about securing mission-critical information. This starts with implementing a data governance program within the organization itself, and then regulating, by proxy, the external partnerships that it enters into. Today’s announcement by AT&T will not only effect the valuation of AT&T, but also the valuation of Apple. For reasons that are obvious, both parties have damage to their brand reputation that they will have to overcome in order to drive more revenues.
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