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Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)

Verizon Business

Cyber and cyber lossesMenaces et incidentsAnnualWorld

Annual analysis of confirmed security breaches and incidents. Classifies attack patterns, actors, motives and targeted assets by industry. It is the industry's common language for describing modus operandi, widely reused in underwriting documentation.

Methodology

Aggregation of tens of thousands of incidents reported by a broad consortium of contributors, normalised under the VERIS framework. Coverage depends on contributor composition, introducing a visibility bias toward detected and shared incidents.

Recommended use

Use to frame sector-level threat scenarios and justify portfolio segmentation. Foundational reading for any cyber underwriter and any article documenting attack-pattern frequency.

Official source ↗Latest edition: 2025
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