Breaches across the healthcare sector take the longest to identify and contain at 279 days, which is more than 5 weeks longer than the global average of 241 days.
Breaches across the healthcare sector take the longest to identify and contain at 279 days, which is more than 5 weeks longer than the global average of 241 days. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by IBM in July 2025. It covers topics including Data breach, Healthcare, Detect. The original data appears in Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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Breaches across the healthcare sector take the longest to identify and contain at 279 days, which is more than 5 weeks longer than the global average of 241 days. This data was published by IBM and covers Data breach, Healthcare, Detect.
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This statistic comes from Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, published by IBM on July 30, 2025. You can view the original report at https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach.
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