Data Loss
We've curated 56 cybersecurity statistics about Data loss to help you understand how threats like accidental deletions, hardware failures, and cyberattacks are impacting organizations in 2025. Discover the latest practices for protecting your critical data!
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Cyber is the leading cause of both IT downtime and data loss for the fourth consecutive year.
43% of large organisations reported losing data as a result of a cyber attack.
47% report operational shutdown, 41% report data loss, 41% report reputational damage, and 40% report lost revenue as impacts of cyber attacks in the last 12 months.
Two in five organizations cite data loss via public or enterprise GenAI tools as a top concern.
42% of organizations attribute their most significant data loss events to compromised users.
32% of organizations flag unsupervised data access by agents as a critical threat.
97% of security and IT pros surveyed believe behavioral AI can help prevent accidental data loss before it occurs.
32% of organizations attribute their most significant data loss events to malicious insiders.
Just 1% of users are responsible for 76% of data loss events.
Respondents reported an average of 11 data loss incidents per year, with some organizations experiencing multiple incidents each month.
96% of organizations surveyed experienced data loss or exposure from misdirected email in the past year.
Resolving a data loss incident can take between one and four weeks for more than one in five organizations (21%).
Over a third of organizations worry about sensitive data being used in AI training.
58% of organizations attribute their most significant data loss events to careless employees or third-party contractors.
Two-thirds (65%) of organizations have already deployed AI-enhanced data security capabilities to classify data.
64% of organizations rely on six or more data security vendors.
Nearly 25% of organizations that experienced a ransomware attack suffered significant disruption or data loss.
48% of organizations experienced encrypted or lost access to data or systems due to ransomware.
24% of victims were affected by publicly released or stolen data, leading to ongoing competitive and compliance risks.
Nearly 29% of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) have experienced a preventable client data loss event that could have been avoided with a dedicated backup solution.