Cost by breach lifecycle length column chart

Summary

Figure 15 slide: a compact two-bar vertical column chart comparing average breach cost for lifecycles under versus over 200 days, with two columns of body copy to the left.

Visual description

White slide with standard chrome. The left half holds two text columns: the first opens with a bold lead-in ("Figure 15. A shorter data breach lifecycle continues to be associated with lower data breach costs.") into regular body, with a second paragraph below; the second column continues the year-over-year context. The right third is a soft gray rounded panel containing a small vertical column chart titled "Cost of a data breach based on the breach lifecycle." Two blue columns, "Lifecycle <200 days" at $3.93 and "Lifecycle >200 days" at $4.95, sit over a $0 to $6 dollar axis with the values labeled above each bar. A "Figure 15. Measured in USD millions" caption sits below the panel.

Key takeaway

Restraint: a two-bar chart is sometimes the honest exhibit for a two-state comparison, and putting it on the same gray rounded panel as the deck's bigger charts keeps the visual system uniform even when the data is tiny. Value labels above the bars remove any need to read the axis.

Reuse notes

Reach for a minimal two-column chart when the story is a single before/after or short/long contrast; do not inflate it into something fancier. The shared panel styling is what lets a small chart and a complex chart coexist across a deck without looking mismatched.