How much does a data breach cost?
Cost of a Data Breach Report 2021 explores ways to help mitigate risk
Cost of a Data Breach Report 2021 explores ways to help mitigate risk
The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report offers insights from 537 real breaches to help you understand cyber risk in a changing world. Now in its 17th year, this report has become a leading benchmark tool, offering IT, risk management and security leaders a lens into factors that can increase or help mitigate the cost of data breaches.
Report investigates general trends and cost averages in 17 industries and 17 countries and regions.
Learn how cyber risk modeling can help assess risk through financial projections and probabilities.
Recommendations for security measures that can help reduce potential financial damages.*
Data breach costs rose from USD 3.86 million to USD 4.24 million, the highest average total cost in the 17-year history of this report.
The average cost was USD 1.07 million higher in breaches where remote work was a factor in causing the breach, compared to those where remote work was not a factor.
The most common initial attack vector, compromised credentials, was responsible for 20% of breaches at an average breach cost of USD 4.37 million.
Automation and security artificial intelligence (AI), when fully deployed, provided the biggest cost mitigation, up to USD 3.81 million less than organizations without it.
The average cost of a breach was USD 1.76 million less at organizations with a mature zero trust approach, compared to organizations without zero trust.
Organizations further along in their cloud modernization strategy contained the breach on average 77 days faster than those in the early stage of their modernization journey.