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2025-2026 Data Breach Response Guide

The pace, scale and complexity of data breaches are accelerating — and even the most prepared organizations aren’t immune. What sets leaders apart is how quickly and effectively they respond. Our 2025-2026 Data Breach Response Guide can help you strengthen your readiness, limit damage and recover faster. 

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2025 Data Breach Industry Forecast

Our 12th annual Data Breach Industry Forecast is your guide to navigating the evolving cybersecurity landscape. Packed with expert insights, this report helps you stay ahead of emerging threats in 2025.

Crisis Response Management: Decoded

Crisis Response Management Decoded E-Book

In an age of infinite information where a company’s reputation can be destroyed in as little as 140 characters, it may seem difficult to recover from data breaches and crises, but it’s possible. Come out on top!

9th Annual Data Breach Preparedness Study

9th Annual Data Breach Preparedness Study

Only 56% of organizations have a Business Continuity plan. Find that surprising? Explore actionable insights into crisis management plans and data breach response in Experian’s Data Breach Preparedness Study.

Podcasts

Give us 30 minutes and we’ll give you mitigated risk with rapid breach response tips for every business. Tune in for the Data Breach Response candid conversation segments everyone is talking about.

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2023, A Cyber Threat Odyssey

The calendar is new, but cybercriminals are still up to their old tricks. Get details and data on what to expect this year and by 2033, plus hear secrets about live breach response mistakes you don't want to make.

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The Real Breach

Join Stuart "Stu" Panensky of FisherBroyles and Michael "Mike" Bruemmer of Experian (we’re all friends here) for 30 minutes of candid conversation about data breaches. In this episode, the duo covers notification preparedness, liability factors, and more.

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In Breaches We Distrust

4 Hot Topics. Cross-Examined. 30 Minutes. The podcast moves fast, just like the criminals. Tune in for a rapid-fire chat covering the industry's leading recidivist, Ransomware, and more.

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Beyond the Hacks: Unveiling the Strategies and Technologies Shaping Cybersecurity

Experian and Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP get together again to bring you a one-of-a-kind podcast experience sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Get ready to dive deep into the captivating realm of data breaches, ransomware, AI advancements, law changes, and more. 

Webinars

Dive into a spectrum of topics including notification preparedness, how liability factors into who gets notified and when, how rising threats like the ever-pervasive ransomware are shaping the future of cybersecurity, and more.

Experian + O’Melveny Presents “A Matter of Cybersecurity”

Drop in to hear breach response experts discuss attack trends, forecasts & red-hot topics.

Breakfast with Buckingham: Busting Cyber Myths

Watch as we smash myths about the nature of security incidents including when it starts and ends.

Top six reasons why your response to a data breach will fail

Our experts take you through real-life examples of why most breach responses fail and how to stay ahead.

Top six reasons why the consumer response to a data breach will fail

Join IAPP and Experian's Michael Bruemmer as we detail how to stay ahead.

Learnings from a pandemic: How to prepare for a data breach

Explore the lessons learned in responding to the pandemic and how to secure a data breach response plan.

Sanitizing your remote worker risks: Cybersecurity & data breach risks

Learn how your company can proactively defend against cybersecurity risks, data breaches, and ID theft.

Tip Sheets

Our tip sheets and checklists contain the latest research-based insights for handling a data breach.

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Six tips to protect your business from ransomware

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and your business could be next.  Don’t panic, there are simple steps you can take right now to mitigate threats. It is time for all organizations, big or small, to take precautions against these cyberattacks. Read on for tips to protect your business from ransomware (hint: cyber criminals hope you skip them).

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What to do when your client experiences a data breach

No one wants to experience a data breach, but when it happens, you need to be prepared. If your clients are affected by a data breach, you will want to follow these three key steps to help them to minimize the damage and reassure your clients that you are there to help them. 

Archived Reports and White Papers

Our reports and white papers provide data breach information, tips and predictions from past years for reference.

Experian 2022-2023 Data Breach Response Guide

Your data breach response guide is here! Stay ready. Don’t wait to discover a breach to decide who will lead the breach management process. Get guidance in the full report.

Experian ® 2022 Data Breach Industry Forecast

Look back at our predictions for 2022 based on Experian’s long history of helping companies navigate breaches over the past 18 years.

Experian® 2020-2021 Data Breach Response Guide

The measures you put in place today can minimize the damage and disruption to your organization. This guide is intended to be a useful tool and resource for any organization looking to improve its cybersecurity and preparedness efforts.

Eighth annual study: Is your company ready for a big data breach?

This study focuses on the state of data breach preparedness and the importance of addressing security risks created by a remote workforce.

Experian ® 2021 Data Breach Industry Forecast

2020 was a year of change and uncertainty. This made for a prosperous climate among cybercriminals. Look back as we share our top data breach predictions for 2021.

Experian® 2019-2020 Data Breach Response Guide

Data breach preparedness is no longer optional in our current threat landscape – your customers, reputation, and future demand you take steps to formulate a concrete response plan today.

Seventh annual study: Is your company ready for a big data breach?

Learn about the steps companies are taking, or not taking, to respond to a data breach in this case study.

Experian® 2021 Data Breach Industry Forecast

Our forecast shares five, well-researched, and expertise-driven data breach predictions for 2020, along with a Scorecard Rating evaluating our 2019 predictions. 

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