Reported Cybersecurity Breaches Spike Nearly 50 Percent

December 11, 2014

The number of reported security incidents rose 48 percent this year to 42.8 million—which is the equivalent of 117,339 attacks per day—according to the 2015 Global State of Information Security Survey released by Price Watterhouse Cooper. As security incidents grow in frequency, the associated costs of managing and mitigating breaches are also increasing. Globally, the estimated reported average financial loss from cybersecurity incidents was $2.7 million.

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