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2017 Ponemon Cost of Data Breach Study Summary

This report, based on a study with 237 organizations in six countries focuses on the cost of cyber crime.

KEY POINTS TO UNDERSTAND
  • information loss or theft is now the most expensive consequence of cyber crime
  • applying information management and governance practices reduces the cost of cyber crime
  • certain technologies enable a high level of information management and governance.
  • Global cost of a data breach is estimated at 3.62
  • The average cost for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive andconfidential information was $141 in this year’s study.
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