Report: Risk Insights from 10 Years of Breach Event Monitoring

In today’s digital economy, knowing your risk isn’t enough—you need to understand it. RiskRecon’s latest research analyzes 10 years of publicly reported cyber breach events across 196,000 organizations, delivering a comprehensive look at the who, what, where, and how behind modern breaches. Whether you’re protecting your enterprise, evaluating third-party vendors, or building a cyber insurance model, this report is your guide to smarter, more resilient cybersecurity.

What You’ll Learn in the Report

Deep analysis of 20,241 breach events across industries, geographies, and company sizes
Breach rates increased 450% over the past decade—are your defenses keeping up?
Healthcare and energy sectors lead all industries in breach frequency
Global breach rates reveal disparities in detection, disclosure, and regulation
External actors and partners now drive most breach events, surpassing insiders
Organizations with poor cybersecurity hygiene (RiskRecon-rated D or F) are 3.6x more likely to experience a breach
68% of breaches are reported within 30 days, but 7% take more than a year to be disclosed
Ransomware accounted for 53% of all breaches in 2024, rising sharply from just 2 in 2015

You rely on your third- and fourth-party vendors to do business, but those vendors also pose risk to your enterprise’s sensitive data. RiskRecon gives you accurate, non-invasive visibility into your vendors’ security postures and then ranks vulnerabilities in order of priority so you know which issues to tackle first.

With our third-party cyber risk assessments, you’ll also be provided with custom-fitted risk action plans so you can immediately start engaging with your vendor for remediation. And if a vendor’s cyber risk degrades or an element falls out of policy, you’ll be notified instantly.