We've curated 15 cybersecurity statistics about Downtime to help you understand how system outages and service interruptions impact businesses, revealing the latest trends and practices in minimizing downtime in 2025.
Showing 1-20 of 22 results
63% of organizations reported major operational disruptions due to downtime after a breach.
63% of organizations that experienced a cyber incident reported significant consequences due to downtime, an increase from 47% in 2024.
4.83% of organizations reported average downtime of one week after a cyber incident.
23.26% of organizations reported average downtime of 11-24 hours after a cyber incident.
55% of organizations reported experiencing 11 or more hours of downtime on average after a cyber incident.
In August 2024, the Rhysida ransomware group attacked the Port of Seattle, causing systems to be offline for more than three weeks.
2.33% of organizations reported average downtime of more than a week after a cyber incident.
2.61% of organizations were unsure or could not answer regarding their average downtime after a cyber incident.
20.82% of organizations reported average downtime of less than 5 hours after a cyber incident.
Organizations experienced an average downtime of 37 hours after a cyber incident.
23.99% of organizations reported average downtime of 2 days after a cyber incident.
Nearly one third of organizations reported downtime extended for two days or more after a cyber incident.
6.94% of organizations reported average downtime of 4-6 days after a cyber incident.
14.66% of organizations reported average downtime of 3 days after a cyber incident.
The average ransomware payout was $3.6 million
Downtime costs reached up to $500,000 per hour.
The top consequences of breaches reported were operational downtime (71%), reputational damage (45%), and financial loss (41%)
The average cost per data center downtime incident is over $1M, not including reputational and strategic losses.
For the third year running, cyber is identified as the leading cause of downtime and data loss in the UK.
58% of organizations suffer data center downtime due to workflow failures.