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title: "CISO at a Post-Breach Company: There Are Benefits"
description: Culture change at Equifax after its mega data breach. Benefits of being a CISO at a post-breach company.
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# [CISO at a Post-Breach Company: There Are Benefits](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/ciso-post-breach)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Thu | Aug 9, 2018 | 11:17 AM Z

Equifax is making a full court press this summer, doing interviews all over the place on how the company has upped its cybersecurity game.

The [Equifax breach timeline](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/day-by-day-timeline-of-equifax-breach) is in the past, and after [getting burned on social media](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/equifax-breach-social-media), the company is finding a much friendlier audience now.

Of all the coverage our SecureWorld team has scanned, there is something that really stands out. New Chief Information Security Officer Jamil Farshchi told [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/equifax-security-overhaul-year-after-breach/) there are benefits to being the CISO after a breach:

"The barriers you face at any company not post-breach is you're always fighting for budget, you're always fighting for face time, trying to justify and convince people about the importance of security and risk management. When you're in a post-breach environment, everyone already knows that it's critically important."

Equifax breach and related costs, which the company updated in July 2018, stand at $314 million so far, with an estimated $85 million of breach-related expenses in Q3 2018.

Due to litigation, it could be years before the total cost of the breach is known.

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