What Is The Cost Of A Data Breach?
CSO Online, Friday, August 22nd, 2025
The cost of a data breach is not easy to define, but as organizations increasingly fall victim to attacks and exposures, financial repercussions are becoming clearer.
For modern businesses, regardless of industry or size the financial impact of a data breach is substantial. IBM's latest Cost of a Data Breach report discovered that, from March 2024 to February 2025, the average cost of a data breach globally fell 9% to $4.44 million, the first decline in five years.
Faster identification and containment of breaches - much of it from organizations' own security and service teams, with help from AI and automation - drove this decline, according to IBM.
The 2025 report, conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM, is based on an analysis of data breaches experienced by 600 organizations globally.