The average cost of downtime has reached $600 billion for the Global 2000, a 50% increase in two years. According to Splunk’s The Hidden Costs of Downtime report, unplanned outages and service degradation cost each company an average of $300 million. Percentage of technology executives who consider a direct cost very or prohibitively disruptive (2024…
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AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Risk Management
Splunk: Downtime Costs Hit $600B as Shadow AI Grows
The average cost of downtime has reached $600 billion across the Global 2000, a 50% increase in just two years, according to a newly published report from Splunk. Produced in partnership with Oxford Economics, Splunk’s “The Hidden Costs of Downtime” report highlights the rising financial impact of cyber incidents, outages, and breaches, including a growing…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
Machine identities outnumber humans 109 to 1
Organizations manage an average of 109 machine identities for every human identity. AI agents account for a growing share of those identities, with companies expecting AI agent growth of 85% over the next 12 months. Machine identities are projected to increase by 77%, and human identities by 56%, based on data from Palo Alto Networks’…
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Funding, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Risk Management, Russia, Venture
The missing cybersecurity leader in small business
The average cyberattack costs for a small- or medium-size business is more than $250,000. The salary for a chief information security officer (CISO) is about the same, pulling in between $250,000 and $400,000, according to the annual 2026 CISO Report from Sophos and Cybersecurity Ventures. Small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) know they cannot afford the…
AI, Global Security News
Australian Manufacturers close 2025 Strong After Volatile Year
GUEST RESEARCH: Key figures: $619k average revenue, only a minor 1.0% dip from Q3 Profit margins remained resilient at 38.47% Stock on Hand (SOH) dropped to an average of $233,763 from over $300k Purchase order values surged 22% to an average of $415k Lead times remained low at 17 days, well below 2024 averages Australian…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Weekly Update 494
Since starting HIBP a dozen and a bit years ago, I’ve loaded an average of one breach every 4.7 days. That’s 959 of them to date, but last week it was five in only two days. That’s a few weeks’ worth of breaches in only 48 and a half hours. And that’s the way it…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Cybersecurity professionals are burning out on extra hours every week
Cybersecurity professionals in the U.S. are working an average of 10.8 extra hours per week beyond their contracted schedules, according to survey data collected from 300 cybersecurity and IT leaders by Sapio Research. That figure effectively adds a sixth working day to the standard week for a large portion of the field. Nearly half of…
Global Security News, Risk Management
The $19.5 million insider risk problem
Routine employee activity across corporate systems carries an average annual cost of $19.5 million per organization. That figure comes from the 2026 Cost of Insider Risks Global Report, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and based on data from 354 organizations that experienced one or more material insider related incidents over the past year. Negligent or…
Exploits, Global Security News
Time to Exploit Plummets as N-Day Flaws Dominate
Flashpoint warns of a dramatic drop in the average time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation
AI, Global Security News
A trio of tasty new Android notification enhancements
If I told any average person that my Android phone’s notifications could now be sticky, shareable, and extra-smart about snoozing, they’d probably look at me like I was a lunatic. And, let’s be honest: They’d probably be justified in that conclusion — even if it weren’t for what I’d just told them. (In case we…