An Ashley Madison response plan: does your company have one?

Whatever your views on the AshleyMadison.com website, the data breach it suffered earlier this year has increased the cybersecurity threat level for all organizations. That’s because a large amount of information stolen from the site was published on the Internet last week, all of which can be assumed to be sensitive, given the site’s infamous slogan: “Life is short. Have an affair.” In terms of IT security you should be taking action on several fronts. In this article I suggest four action items every organization should consider, but first I explain why a response plan is needed.



An Ashley Madison response plan: does your company have one?