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White methodology slide with a heading and five columns of body copy, several columns leading with bold subheads and bulleted activity lists.
Summary
A methodology content slide explaining how breach cost is calculated: a heading over five columns of body copy, with several columns leading on a bold subhead and a dash-bulleted list of activities.
Visual description
White background. A black "05" number sits top-left with a "Research methodology" running header at center top. A two-line "How we calculate the cost of a data breach" heading sits at the left edge. The body is laid out in five narrow columns. The first column is continuous justified prose describing the cost-calculation method. The remaining four columns each open with a bold subhead (Detection and escalation, Notification, Post-breach response, Lost business) followed by a dash-bulleted list of the activities counted under that category. A navigation footer runs along the bottom; the page number sits bottom-right.
Key takeaway
Breaking a methodology into parallel bold-subhead columns, each with its own dash-bulleted checklist, so a complex cost model becomes four scannable buckets sitting side by side. The mix of one prose column plus four list columns balances explanation with at-a-glance structure.
Reuse notes
A strong layout for breaking any framework or model into named categories with supporting bullet lists. Five columns is the practical maximum at slide scale, viable here only because the bullets are short. Keep subhead styling and bullet glyphs uniform across columns. Reach for it when content is inherently categorical rather than narrative.
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