There are various factors that can mitigate or amplify the cost of a data breach. According to 2020 industry data, the formation of an incidence response team could reduce the average total cost of a data breach by almost ** U.S. dollars. The same went for incident response testing, which was also a strongly mitigating factor when calculating data breach damages. In 2019, the average total cost of a data breach amounted to **** million U.S. dollars.
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