Enterprises Lose $19 Million Per Hour When Endpoint Devices are Disrupted, Reveals Survey of 1,000 Enterprise CISOs
88% Say Autonomous Cyber Resilience Can Cut Downtime Costs Substantially—Confidence Will Accelerate Adoption, According to New Absolute Security Research
BLACK HAT 2026–Absolute Security, an Autonomous Cyber Resilience leader, today published the third volume in its State of Enterprise Cyber Resilience research series: Autonomous Cyber Resilience in the Era of AI. The report features results from a survey conducted by Censuswide that includes 1,000 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) based in the United States (500) and the United Kingdom (500).
Among the top findings was that when endpoint devices become inoperable, downtime costs reach $19 million per hour on average. This level of loss is especially alarming when considering that 88% reported that autonomous recovery capabilities would enable a measurable reduction in the cost of downtime incidents, while only 4% described their organizations as “broadly autonomous.”
“Downtime is the real cost of a breach, it often exceeds every other related cost and is capable of permanently damaging a business,” said Christy Wyatt, President & CEO, Absolute Security. “With threat actors now leveraging AI and agentic tools to launch attacks and spot vulnerabilities at rates previously unimaginable, security and risk leaders are faced with either continuing to fall victim to costly disruptions or deploying solutions that operate with the same speed and efficiency as those being used against them.”
