Cost of global IT breach by company size 2017 | Statista

This statistic depicts the typical IT security breach costs to enterprises and small or medium-sized businesses worldwide as of April 2017. On average, SMBs lost business worth 87,800 U.S. dollars during a data breach incident. Enterprise-sized companies lost approximately 992,000 U.S. dollars worth of business.

Average cost of IT security breach consequences for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and enterprises worldwide as of April 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	SMB	Enterprises
Compensation	8	134
Improving software and infrastructure	10	132
Additional internal staff wages	11	130
Damage to credit rating/insurance premiums	10	111
Employing external professionals	12	107
Lost business	13	104
Extra PR (to repair brand damage)	8	99
Training	8	97
New staff	7	78

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September 2017

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Worldwide

Survey time period

March to April 2017

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1,229 SMBs/ 919 enterprises suffering at least one data breach

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Based on a survey of over 5,274 businesses across 30 countries.

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