This research — conducted independently by Ponemon Institute, and sponsored, analyzed and published by IBM Security — studied 550 organizations impacted by data breaches that occurred between March 2021 and March 2022. The breaches occurred across 17 countries and regions and in 17 different industries.
Researchers conducted more than 3,600 interviews with individuals from organizations that were impacted by the data breaches. During the interviews, researchers asked questions to determine the cost to organizations across different activities related directly to both the immediate and prolonged response to the data breaches.