Data Loss
We've curated 53 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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Two-thirds of CISOs (which is 66%) experienced material data loss in the past year. This is up from 46% in 2024.
Three in five CISOs (60%) worry about customer data loss via public GenAI tools.
92% of organisations attribute at least some data loss to departing employees. This is up from 73% last year.
49% of senior IT decision-makers have experienced a major data loss event in the past year.
For the third year running, cyber is identified as the leading cause of downtime and data loss in the UK.
54% of enterprises said phishing-related data breaches was one of the most common ways to lose data.
Less than 10% of enterprises have implemented data protection policies and controls for AI applications.
Of organizations that were attacked by ransomware, only 10% recovered more than 90% of their data.
Of organizations that were attacked by ransomware, 57% recovered less than 50% of their data.
22% of respondents stated concern about the loss of sensitive data due to insecure home networks.
In organisations that reported experiencing a data breach or loss of sensitive data due to an unsecured device, 60% were not using security locks, compared to 38% who were.
A hacker breached Mobile Guardian in August 2024 and remotely wiped data from at least 13,000 students’ iPads and Chromebooks.
One in three CEOs cite cyber espionage and loss of sensitive information/intellectual property (IP) theft as their top concern.