The average cost of data breaches in the hospitality industry was around $1.72 million in 2020. Hospitality includes Food & Beverage, Lodging, Recreation, Travel & Tourism and Meeting & Events industries. Simultaneously, the increased use of technology in the hospitality industry became prevalent, whereby businesses began deploying IoT devices, interconnected networks, digitalized services, etc. Unfortunately, the deployment of emerging technologies marked an increase in cyberattacks in the ho