The research was conducted independently by Ponemon Institute and sponsored, analyzed, and published by IBM. The study included 604 organizations impacted by data breaches across 17 industries, in 16 countries and regions.
- 50%+ of companies breached pass the cost of business disruption and post-breach support to their customers
- 50%+ of organizations breached were understaffed in security operations
- 35% of breaches involved data from unmanaged sources
- 292 is the number of days required to track and contain breaches involving stolen or compromised credentials