This statistic illustrates the average cost of the largest single cyber attack to firms from Europe and North America in 2018 and 2019, by sector, in U.S. dollars. According to the results of the survey, Firms in the travel and leisure sector had the highest loss for the largest single cyber attack in 2019, with an average of 427 thousand dollars.
Average cost of the largest single cyber attack to European and American firms in 2018 and 2019, by sector
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Professionals involved with cyber security strategy
Supplementary notes
In total 5,392 professionals involved with their organisation’s cyber security strategy were contacted (1,000 plus each from the UK, USA and Germany, and 500 each from Belgium, France, Spain and The Netherlands).
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Hiscox. (April 23, 2019). Average cost of the largest single cyber attack to European and American firms in 2018 and 2019, by sector (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008251/european-american-firms-largest-single-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox. "Average cost of the largest single cyber attack to European and American firms in 2018 and 2019, by sector (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008251/european-american-firms-largest-single-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox. (2019). Average cost of the largest single cyber attack to European and American firms in 2018 and 2019, by sector (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008251/european-american-firms-largest-single-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox. "Average Cost of The Largest Single Cyber Attack to European and American Firms in 2018 and 2019, by Sector (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008251/european-american-firms-largest-single-cyberattack-cost/
Hiscox, Average cost of the largest single cyber attack to European and American firms in 2018 and 2019, by sector (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008251/european-american-firms-largest-single-cyberattack-cost/ (last visited November 09, 2024)
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