On average, how much do network attacks cost?

The correct answer is A. $300K. Option A ($300K) represents the widely cited industry benchmark for the average cost of a network attack on an organization, sourced from reports by IBM, Ponemon Institute, and similar cybersecurity research bodies. Option B ($50K) significantly underestimates the true…

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Options

A$300K
B$50K
C$500k
D$300B

How the community answered

(43 responses)

A
88% (38)
B
2% (1)
C
2% (1)
D
7% (3)

Explanation

Option A ($300K) represents the widely cited industry benchmark for the average cost of a network attack on an organization, sourced from reports by IBM, Ponemon Institute, and similar cybersecurity research bodies. Option B ($50K) significantly underestimates the true financial impact, which includes breach investigation, remediation, downtime, and regulatory fines. Option C ($500K) is a plausible-sounding distractor but overshoots the established average figure. Option D ($300B) confuses organizational-level costs with global/macroeconomic estimates of cybercrime's annual impact on entire economies.

Memory tip: Think "300 thousand - the cost hits one company's pocket." The billion-dollar figure is for the whole economy, not a single attack.

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#Network Attack Cost#Security Economics#Attack Impact#Risk Metrics

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