CyberCrime survey shows 135,000 cost per incident

timmywex

Interesting survey carried out here by Deloitte.

Huge increase in cost per incident, coming in at 2.7% of annual turnover is huge aswell.

http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_IE/ie/services/enterprise-risk-services/cybercrime-survey/index.htm

Capt'n Midnight

Here is a nice analogy to something else that is seen as a cost overhead. Most of the same points would also apply since it's essentially about holes and leaks and older stuff no longer being strong enough to be trusted to do it's job.

And crucially determining the balance between prevention costs and downsides , and the bean-counters rarely factor in the predictable cost of bad publicity due to skimping on maintenance.

http://www.g2mtlabs.com/cost-of-corrosion/

In 2013, the direct cost of corrosion was 3.1% of the 15.1 Trillion U.S. GDP,

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The design, manufacture, and construction costs include:

- material selection (using more expensive materials for improve corrosion control),
- corrosion allowance (which results in increased wall thickness or other parameters to compensate for corrosion),
- protection technologies (including coatings, paints, sealants, inhibitors, cathodic protection, and other techniques),
- and corrosion prevention application costs including labor, equipment, overhead, etc.).


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The management-related cost of corrosion control include:

- corrosion-related inspection,
- corrosion-related maintenance,
- repairs that are required due to corrosion,
- replacement of corroded parts that are found during inspections or operation,
- inventory and maintenance of backup components,
- rehabilitation and refurbishment, and
- loss of productive time for operation.