‘Everyone should own a data breach' so that blame isn't pinned on any one person

I would imagine this topid will start a bit of a debate going. The idea is probably that if everyone has a stake in the business they will more careful etc.
 
By Sooraj Shah   30 Nov 2015                                                           http://www.computing.co.uk/IMG/882/17882/stack-of-hands-370x229.jpg?1445553071 
Everyone in an organisation should "own" a data breach, so that the blame isn't pinned on any one person, according to Neil Thacker, information security and strategy officer EMEA at Websense.
Thacker was speaking at Computing's Enterprise Security & Risk Management Summit last week, when he said that all businesses should instil a culture in which all staff should take ownership of data, but could also therefore be held collectively accountable for a data breach.
 He said that one way of ensuring the business isn't hit by a data breach is to have a list of asset owners. "It means they are accountable for assets within the organisation. It's not 'my' job to be accountable - it's their job. So you have to think about how you use your technologies [in the enterprise]; that's how you [make them accountable]," he said.
 
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