CNET News writer, Lance Whitney, shared his comments on the findings from a recent McAfee report titled “The Security Paradox“.  (Read this report)

One of the most revealing findings of this report address the fact that more mid-sized companies are being attacked by cybercriminals at the same time that those same companies are freezing their IT Security budgets.

Those security breaches can also be expensive — the study found that over the last year, 1 out of 5 mid-sized companies surveyed lost $41,000 in sales on average as a result of a breach.

There are many other revealing facts f rom this study that make this report and Lance Whitney’s summary article well worth reading.