Stay steps ahead, prevent data breaches 1SHARES There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the #1 threat to every business: data breaches. According to the Ponemon Institute, in 2020, the average total cost of a data breach in the United States was $8.64 million. Consequently, it’s safe to conclude that data breaches are in no way decreasing in costs or slowing down. To cybercriminals, it does not matter if you are a small or large credit union. All they need is a small entryway to attack your organization successfully. The key to staying ahead of these potential attacks is knowing what attracts cybercriminals and implementing critical cybersecurity solutions into your IT strategy to combat them.