In this section of the report, we discuss reasons for the fluctuation of data breach costs across countries, the use of activity-based costing to calculate the cost of a data breach, the factors …

Jul 11, 2018 · This year’s report found that the average total cost of a breach ranges from $2.2 million for incidents with fewer than 10,000 compromised records to $6.9 million for incidents …

Jul 17, 2018 · The study reported that the global average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million, up 6.4 percent from last year. The average cost, globally, for each lost of stolen record containing …

Jul 12, 2018 · Yesterday, the Ponemon Institute released the results of a study sponsored by IBM — the 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study. The findings from this report paint a bleak picture for …

Apr 10, 2019 · The average cost of a data breach was $3.86 million in the 2018 study, compared to $3.50 million in 2014 – representing nearly 10 percent net increase over the past 5 years of …

In this year’s study, the average total cost of a data breach was $3.86 million, and it took companies 196 days, on average, to detect a breach. Moreover, the likelihood of a recurring …

The global average cost of a data breach, in USD, a 9% decrease over last year—driven by faster identification and containment.

Jul 30, 2025 · The global average cost of a breach fell to $4.44 million (the first decline in five years), but the average US cost rose to a record $10.22 million. The lifecycle of a breach …

Learn more about regional and industry average costs, the most common factors that influence and can help mitigate the cost of a breach, and the likelihood that another breach will occur …

This year we found that the average total cost of a data breach, the average cost for each lost or stolen record (per capita cost), and the average size of data breaches have all increased …