The ninth annual Cost of Data Breach Study, a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM, has revealed that the average total cost of a data breach has increased by 15% in the last year.
Based on data from 314 companies located in 10 countries, experts have determined that the average total cost of a data breach is $3.5 million (2.51 million).
All of the organizations that have taken part in the study have suffered a data breach. Between 2,400 and…