====== Costs of IT Security ======

===== Costs of breaches =====
  * [[https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/02/data_breach_costs_rise/|Data loss costs are going up – and not just for those who choose to pay thieves]]
    * The average ransom paid hit $600,688 in 2022
    * The average investigation costs increased 24 percent from $445,926 in 2021 to $550,987 a year later.