In a recent survey conducted by IBM, based on data from 550 global organizations across 17 sectors that
experienced data breaches between March 2021-2022, the average cost
of a breach was $4.35 million. By industry sector:
- Healthcare: $10.1m
- Financial: $6.0m
- Pharmaceuticals: $5.0m
- Technology: $5.0m
- Energy: $4.7m
- Industrial: $4.5m
- Education: $3.9m
- Transportation: $3.6m
- Retail: $3.3m
- Public Sector: $2.1m
The numbers from last year's IBM survey were:
- Healthcare: $9.2m
- Finance: $5.7m
- Pharmaceuticals: $5m
- Technology: $4.9m
- Energy: $4.7m
- Services: $4.7m
- Industrial: $4.2m
- Global average: $4.2m
- Entertainment: $3.8m
- Education: $3.8m
- Transportation: $3.8m
