The document summarizes the findings of a 2015 study on the costs of cybercrime: - The average annual cost of cybercrime per company was $7.7 million globally, with successful attacks occurring over 1.9 times per company per week. Business disruption and lost productivity accounted for 39% of costs, while information loss accounted for 35%. - The most effective tools for reducing costs were security intelligence systems, which saved companies an average of $1.9 million annually with a 23% ROI. Extensive deployment of encryption technologies saved $883,000 on average. - The costliest attacks were from malicious insiders averaging $144,542 per attack, while detection of attacks was the most expensive internal