Information is the new currency. Is your data adequately
protected?  January 13, 2012 • Opinion  Over the course of
recorded history wealth has been measured by different things,
from agriculture and land in the Middle Ages to manufacturing
and industry at the beginning of the 19th century and the
capitalist economy of 20th century.  Jaroslav Cerny, CEO at RDB
Consulting (image: RDB Consulting)  Towards the latter part of
the 20th century, computers began to emerge as a powerful force
to be reckoned with, and as the 21st century continues it has
become increasingly clear that information has become the new
currency and data can be regarded as a measure of wealth in
today’s world.  With the increased value of data there is a
corresponding increase in the type of crime we experience as
people, organisations and countries vie for power. In the middle
ages the power belonged to those who conquered other lands,
expanding their empires.  When industry came to the fore,
stealing ideas was the criminal’s way of getti