The total financial impact of insider incidents on organizations, including direct costs, operational disruption, and regulatory penalties.
According to Ponemon Institute 2025, the average annual cost of insider threats is $17.4 million per organization (up from $16.2M in 2023), with an average cost per incident of $676,517. The average containment time is 81 days with 13.5 incidents per organization annually. Costs include investigation, remediation, lost productivity, regulatory fines, and reputational damage.