Cyber Facts and Statistics

On average, Canadian organizations pay $6.32 million CAD per data breach [1].

Total spending on recovery from cyber security incidents increased from $600 million in 2021 to $1.2 billion in 2023 [2].

Financial sector organizations in Canada face an average cost of $9.28 million per breach [3].

72% of SMB leaders report cybercriminals attacked their organizations in the past year [4].

65% of SMBs don’t think or aren’t sure they are a ransomware target; a slight increase from 59% in 2022 [5].

70% of SMBs indicate a lack of skilled personnel to implement or monitor cyber security [6].

In 2024, phishing (15%) and stolen/compromised (16%) credentials were top attack vectors [7].

There were $567 million in losses from fraud and scams in Canada in 2023 [8][9].

98% of organizations globally have vendors who have experienced a data breach since 2022 [10].

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