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Cost of a data breach - IBM 2022 Report

George Kaltekis |

Created: February 22, 2023|Last Updated: July 10, 2023
Cost of a data breach - IBM 2022 Report

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Cybersecurity incidents are costly, as we have seen with Medibank and Optus. The average total cost of cybersecurity breaches in the United States in 2022 was estimated to be USD $4.35 million on average, taking into account reputational, regulatory, and political repercussions, according to IBM 2022 "Cost of a Data Breach" report.

In an evolving threat landscape, time is money

For 83% of companies, it’s not if a data breach will happen, but when. Usually more than once. When detecting, responding to and recovering from threats, faster is better. Organizations using AI and automation had a 74-day shorter breach lifecycle and saved an average of USD 3 million more than those without.

 

Healthcare gets hit hard

The cost of a breach in the healthcare industry went up 42% since 2020. For the 12th year in a row, healthcare had the highest average data breach cost of any industry.

 

$10.10M -Average total cost of a breach in the healthcare industry

 

 These amounts vary industry-to-industry and on the contrary, the average savings of containing a data breach in 200 days or less is USD $1.12m. 

https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach

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