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Having a proactive cybersecurity strategy is a company's best defense against a data breach.

The letter urges Congress to keep in place some of the provisions for employer plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

As of this printing, there is no way to know if and when the new rules will ultimately take effect. In the meantime, employers should focus on staying in compliance with current laws and prepare as if the regulations will survive the injunction hold-up.

Just as states have moved to hike their minimum wage in the absence of federal action, a patchwork of new state overtime laws could develop if Obamas solution doesnt take effect.

Businesses are the top target for targets for data thieves. Nearly half of the reported data breaches 494 hit companies. The health care sector also took a big hit from hackers, however, with 377 data breaches.

According to a survey, only 5.2 percent of respondents say they think the overtime rule will still be enacted in full.