IBM and Ponemon Institute are pleased to present the 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States, our 11th annual benchmark study on the cost of data breach incidents for companies located in the United States. The average cost for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information increased from $217 to $221. The total average cost that organizations paid increased from $6.53 million to $7.01 million.
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2016 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States
Nov 1, 2016 | Data Protection & Privacy
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