Barkly tapped the independent research firm Ponemon Institute to conduct the survey of 660 IT and security professionals for a report on the cost of endpoint attacks, or cyberattacks originating in remote devices connected to a network, such as laptops, tablets or smartphones.
Endpoint attacks cost the average healthcare organization $6,499,500 annually, according to the survey’s findings, suggesting the healthcare industry as a whole spends $1.6 billion on endpoint attacks each year. The major drivers of this steep cost include loss of IT, loss of end-user productivity and theft of information assets.
Across industries, endpoint attacks cost organizations slightly more than in healthcare, at an average of $7,120,000.
To download Barkly’s report, click here.
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