Wade Baker<p>Are <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> incidents growing more costly? </p><p>Cyentia Institute's recent Information Risk Insights Study points to a 15-fold increase in the cost of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/incidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incidents</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreaches</span></a> over the last 15 years. </p><p>The chart on the left shows the distribution of known/reported financial losses from incidents across the time period of the study. The typical (median) incident costs about $600K, while more extreme (95th percentile) losses swell to $32M. Note that the chart uses a log scale, so the tail of large losses is a lot longer than it appears.</p><p>The chart on the right trends the escalating costs of cyber events over time. Median losses from a security incident have absolutely exploded over the last 15 years, rising 15-fold from $190K to almost $3 million! The cost of extreme events has also risen substantially (~5x). So, yeah—cyber events are definitely growing more costly. </p><p>That said, this picture looks a lot different among different types and sizes of organizations. How are financial losses and other <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cyberrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberrisk</span></a> factors trending for orgs like yours? </p><p>Download the full IRIS 2025 to find out! <br>Free with no reg req'd - though you can join Cyentia's free membership forum for bonus analytical content related to the report.</p><p><a href="https://www.cyentia.com/iris2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cyentia.com/iris2025/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>