The Ponemon Institute study examined actual data breach experiences of 45 U.S. companies. The cost of a data breach has increased to $204 from last year’s $202 per customer record. Companies that had a CISO (or equivalent title) who managed the data breach incident experienced an average per capita cost of $157 versus $236 for companies without such CISO leadership. Data breaches involving outsourced data to third parties, especially when the third party is offshore, are most costly.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2124815/report–cisos-keep-breach-costs-lower.html