Cost of data breach by security automation level 2024| Statista

Data breaches cost companies considerably less had they deployed security automation. In 2024, a data breach cost an organization that extensively used security automation 3.84 million U.S. dollars on average, compared to 5.72 million U.S. dollars on average for an organization with no such deployment.

Average cost of a data breach by security automation level in organizations worldwide from 2018 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Extensive use	Limited use	No use
2024	3.84	4.64	5.72
2023	3.6	4.04	5.36
2022	3.15	3.7	6.2
2021	2.9	3.85	6.71
2020	2.45	4.11	6.03
2019	2.65	3.86	5.16
2018	2.88	3.39	4.43

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Release date

July 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2018 to 2024

Number of respondents

3,556 respondents

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Individuals from 604 organizations that suffered a data breach

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