63% of organizations reported major operational disruptions due to downtime after a breach.

63% of organizations that experienced a cyber incident reported significant consequences due to downtime, an increase from 47% in 2024.

4.83% of organizations reported average downtime of one week after a cyber incident.

23.26% of organizations reported average downtime of 11-24 hours after a cyber incident.

55% of organizations reported experiencing 11 or more hours of downtime on average after a cyber incident.

In August 2024, the Rhysida ransomware group attacked the Port of Seattle, causing systems to be offline for more than three weeks.

2.33% of organizations reported average downtime of more than a week after a cyber incident.

2.61% of organizations were unsure or could not answer regarding their average downtime after a cyber incident.

20.82% of organizations reported average downtime of less than 5 hours after a cyber incident.

Organizations experienced an average downtime of 37 hours after a cyber incident.

23.99% of organizations reported average downtime of 2 days after a cyber incident.

Nearly one third of organizations reported downtime extended for two days or more after a cyber incident.

6.94% of organizations reported average downtime of 4-6 days after a cyber incident.

14.66% of organizations reported average downtime of 3 days after a cyber incident.

The average ransomware payout was $3.6 million

Downtime costs reached up to $500,000 per hour.

The top consequences of breaches reported were operational downtime (71%), reputational damage (45%), and financial loss (41%)

The average cost per data center downtime incident is over $1M, not including reputational and strategic losses.

For the third year running, cyber is identified as the leading cause of downtime and data loss in the UK.

58% of organizations suffer data center downtime due to workflow failures.