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title: Ponemon Institute & IBM Release 2016 Data Breach Study
description: Data Breaches can cost your company upwards of $4 million per attack according to the Ponemon Institute.  Let BlindHash help you reduce your risk of attack.
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# [Ponemon Institute & IBM Release 2016 Data Breach Study](https://blog.associationbenchmarking.com/news/ponemon-institute-ibm-release-2016-data-breach-study)

 Written by [Maria Holler](https://blog.associationbenchmarking.com/news/author/maria-holler) | July 1, 2016

This year’s Ponemon Institure study found the average consolidated total cost of a data breach grew from $3.8 million to $4 million. The study also reports that the average cost incurred for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information increased from $154 to $158.  BlindHash can can help reduce your company's risk by eliminating the threat of an offline attack.  [Click here to read the full Data Breach Report.](https://www-01.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/dre/signup?source=mrs-form-1995&S_PKG=ov49542)

 

 

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