Post data breach response costs worldwide 2017-2018

This statistic shows the estimated post-data breach response costs worldwide in 2017 and 2018, by country. The reported costs include help desk activities, inbound communications, legal expenditures, product discounts, re-establishing a new account or credit card, and regulatory interventions. The highest costs were registered among companies in the U.S., with 1.76 million U.S. dollars as of 2018.

Estimated post data breach response costs worldwide in 2017 and 2018, by country (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	2018	2017
U.S.	1.76	1.56
Middle East*	1.47	1.43
Germany	1.31	1.1
UK	0.84	0.69
Canada	1.26	1.16
ASEA**	0.67	0.6
Italy	0.81	0.65
France	1.18	0.88
Japan	1.07	1.08
South Africa	0.67	0.6
Australia	0.47	0.47
Brazil	0.37	0.44
India	0.75	0.68

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

Special properties

477 organizations and 2.200 individuals

Supplementary notes

Data on 2017 can be found in the previous report from the source.
*Middle East is a cluster sample of companies located in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
**ASEAN is a cluster sample of companies located in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.

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