This statistic illustrates the average cost of all cyber attacks to firms from Europe and the United States in 2020, by size, in U.S. dollars. According to the results of the survey, the average cost of all cyber attacks to firms employing between 250 and 999 people amounted to 133 thousand dollars in 2020.
Average cost of all cyber attacks to European and North American firms in 2020, by size
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Professionals involved with cyber security strategy
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
In total 5,569 professionals responsible for their organisation’s cyber security strategy were surveyed (1,000-plus each from the USA, UK and Germany; more than 500 each from Belgium, France, Spain and The Netherlands; and 300-plus from the Republic of Ireland).
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Hiscox. (June 30, 2020). Average cost of all cyber attacks to European and North American firms in 2020, by size (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008112/european-north-american-firms-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox. "Average cost of all cyber attacks to European and North American firms in 2020, by size (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008112/european-north-american-firms-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox. (2020). Average cost of all cyber attacks to European and North American firms in 2020, by size (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008112/european-north-american-firms-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox. "Average Cost of All Cyber Attacks to European and North American Firms in 2020, by Size (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008112/european-north-american-firms-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox, Average cost of all cyber attacks to European and North American firms in 2020, by size (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008112/european-north-american-firms-cyberattack-cost/ (last visited January 23, 2022)
