IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
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IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 cover

Table of contents

Executive summary section divider

What's new in the 2023 report

Key findings, three headline statistics

Key findings, four-statistic row

Key findings, cost-savings statistics row

Complete findings section divider

Global highlights intro with ridge graphic

Total and per-record cost trend lines

Top five countries comparison table

Cost of a data breach by country, ranked dot plot

Cost of a data breach by industry

Time to identify and contain the breach

Cost divided into four cost segments

Cost of a data breach by head count

Did the breach raise prices, donut chart

Type and per-record cost of data compromised

Initial attack vectors section divider

Cost and frequency by attack vector scatter

Time to identify and contain by attack vector

Identifying attacks section divider

How the breach was identified bar charts

Time to identify by identification method

Data breach lifecycle section divider

Cost by breach lifecycle length column chart

Key cost factors section divider

Impact of 27 cost factors diverging bar chart

Top three cost amplifiers grouped column chart

Top three cost mitigators grouped column chart

Ransomware and destructive attacks section divider

Share and cost by malicious attack type

Law enforcement involvement donut and column

Ransomware lifecycle by law enforcement barcode chart

Automated playbooks and ransom paid charts

Business partner supply chain attacks bar charts

Software supply chain attacks section opener

Software supply chain cost and lifecycle figures

Regulatory environments section opener

Breach cost timing by regulation environment figures

Critical infrastructure vs other industries bar figure

Fines incidence and distribution figures

Cloud breaches section opener

Breach location share and cost figures

Time to identify and contain by storage location figure

Mega breaches section opener

Mega breach cost by record cohort figure

Security investments section opener

Security investment split donut with photo

Post-breach investment types ranked bar figure

Security AI and automation section opener

Security AI usage levels and cost figures

Breach lifecycle by AI usage level figure

Incident response section opener

Combined IR strategy stacked bar chart

Threat intelligence 28 days stat with line-art motif

Threat intelligence MTTI comparison line chart

Vulnerability and risk management USD 3.98M stat

CVE vs risk-based donut and bar chart pair

Attack surface management stacked bar chart

Managed security service providers stacked bar chart

Recommendations section divider with numbered list

Recommendation 1 three-column body copy

Recommendation 2 four-column body copy

Recommendation 3 four-column body copy

Recommendation 4 three-column body copy

Organization demographics section divider with 18 years stat

Geographic demographics country table

Industry demographics donut chart and stat list

Industry definitions four-column glossary

Research methodology section divider with body copy

How we calculate the cost five-column body copy

Data breach FAQs body slide

Benchmark vs survey research FAQ with crowd photo

Research limitations body slide

About Ponemon Institute and IBM Security

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