The document summarizes the key findings from the 2015 Cost of Cyber Crime Study by the Ponemon Institute. It reports that the average cost to a company from a cyber attack in 2015 was $15.42 million, which was a 19% increase from the previous year. The most affected industries were financial services and utilities/energy. On average, it took companies 46 days to fix a security breach at a cost of $973,130 per day. Hiring an IT security specialist could potentially save a company $1.5 million by 2020 according to the information provided on the back of the document.

1. THE REA L COST OF
CYBER CRIME
THE COST OF
CYBER CRIME IN
THE US IN 2015
UP 19% FROM
LAST YEAR'S
COSTS
MOST AFFECTED
INDUSTRIES:
FINANCIAL SERVICES
UTILITIES/ENERGY
$ 21, 155
PER DA Y
INFO FROM THE 2015 COST OF CYBER CRIME STUDY:
GLOBAL BENCHMARK STUDY OF GLOBAL COMPANIES
PONEMON INSTITUTE OCTOBER 2015
$15.42
Million
19%
AVERAGE COST TO
A COMPANY DUE
TO A CYBER
ATTACK
AVERAGE # OF
DAYS TO FIX THE
SECURITY BREACH
46
DAY
THAT EQUALS
$973,130.00

2. SIDE
ON THE FLIP
is the amount of
money saved by those
companies who
engage a Security
Professional
20 years experience
providing Security solutions
$1.5 Million
2020
TIME
STRESS
MONEY
Save your company
Becky Waldron, IT Security Specialist
becky.waldron@dyonyx.com
713.485.7013
www.DYONYX.com