Sources: $15M: 1Ponemon Institute, 2023 Cost of Insider Risks Global Report. $5M: 2IBM Security, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024. 99%: 3Varonis, 2025 State of Data Security Report. 8%: 4Kroll, 2024 Data Breach Outlook (or Verizon 2024 DBIR citing privilege misuse trends).