The Cost of a Data Breach: A New Perspective

A data-driven study of the financial impact of data breaches in the last five years.

Key Findings

• Overall average cost of a data breach (including outliers) - $75.21 million
• Overall average cost of a data breach (outliers removed) - $15.01 million
• Most financially devastating threat actor: Conti, with 10 attacks averaging $84.98 million per incident
• 79% of the 1,700 analyzed breached companies are highly susceptible to a phishing attempt
• The finance and insurance sectors experienced the most incidents (445), with an average cost of $35.34 million per incident
• 17% of the 1,700 analyzed breached companies are highly susceptible to a ransomware attack