Shadow Data/AI Increases Breach Costs

The hidden risk of shadow data and shadow  AI results in increased expenses associated with data breaches.

Defense-in-depth and resilient security stacks and architecture are common for security leaders

Data, the data journey, and protective concepts around its lifecycles contributed to data breach costs

Data is everywhere, and 35% of breaches this year involved unmanaged data sources, or shadow data

Shadow data breaches averaged 291 days to find and contain, 26.2% and 20.2% longer, respectively

This led to higher breach costs averaging USD 5.27 million when shadow data was involved

Poor inventory and cataloguing lead to improper classification and protection of data

Breakins gave attackers more sensitive data, increasing IP theft by 26.5%. Lost IP cost USD 173 per record in 2024, up 11% from USD 156 in 2023