1、 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report 36%25%22%9%8%2024System IntrusionMiscellaneous ErrorsSocial EngineeringBasic WebApplication AttacksPrivilege Misuse53%12%17%12%6%2025About the coverThird-party involvement in breaches was an ever-present subject in incide

2、nts throughout this past year.Third parties not only act as custodians to customers data,but they also underpin critical parts of organizations operations.Our incredible design team rose to the challenge of representing the balancing act an organizations security programs have to perform with the gr

3、owing dependence on those third parties.If the impossibly balanced shape on the cover makes you uncomfortable,you have begun to understand the challenges modern Chief Information Security Officers(CISOs)face in the current environment.Throughout its“spine,”you can find encoded the Incident Classific

4、ation Patterns that were most prevalent in breaches in our incident dataset(with the previous years data oriented to the left of the center and the current years data to the right).The inner cover represents those quantities in a less abstract way.The shape might look too fragile to continue standin

5、g,but the fact that it is holding steady is a monument to all the hard work and collaboration that the industry has brought to bear.With the proper amount of collaboration,organization and information sharing,we can continue to strengthen cybersecurity efforts and maybe have a good night of sleep or

6、 two in the future as a treat.42025 DBIR Table of contents Table of contents1 Introduction 5How to use this report 6Summary of findings 102 Results and analysis The big picture 15VERIS Actors 22VERIS Actions 26VERIS Assets 32VERIS Attributes 34VERIS discovery method and timeline 363 Incident Classif