Barracuda Networks has released new research showing that organizations taking more than nine hours to respond to an email security breach have a 79% likelihood of also falling victim to ransomware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Email Security Breach Report 2025 found that 78% of surveyed organizations experienced at least one email breach in the past year, with the average cost of recovery reaching $217,068.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The research shows that smaller companies face a greater financial burden per employee. Businesses with 50 to 100 employees reported an average cost of $1,946 per person, compared to $243 per employee for larger organizations with 1,000 to 2,000 staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only half of respondents said they detected a breach within one hour. Those taking nine hours or more to contain and fix an incident were nearly eight times more likely to suffer a ransomware attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to direct financial losses, 41% of organizations reported reputational damage, and many said they lost new business opportunities as a result of breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Respondents cited several obstacles to quickly identifying and removing threats, including advanced evasion techniques (47%), a lack of automated incident response tools (44%), and ongoing cybersecurity skills shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEmail security is no longer just about stopping spam or mass phishing \u2014 it\u2019s about preventing the first domino from falling in a cyberthreat chain that could end in operational paralysis, data loss, reputational damage and longer-term business impacts,\u201d said Neal Bradbury, chief product officer at Barracuda. \u201cResponding quickly and effectively to email breaches is critical to overall cyber resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The findings are based on a global survey conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Barracuda. The research included 2,000 IT and security decision-makers from organizations with 50 to 2,000 employees across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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