Estimate based on real published data (IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025) - not made-up numbers.
Indicative estimate based on the average cost per compromised record. Real costs vary widely depending on the scale and nature of the incident.
On top of the incident cost itself, BCEAO has already issued pecuniary sanctions of up to 300 million FCFA against banks in the zone for failing governance requirements, including information systems security (Instruction No. 009-06-2015).
that's 608x cheaper than the estimated cost of an incident.
Sources: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025 · BCEAO, disciplinary and pecuniary sanctions (2023-2025) · Indicative conversion rate: 1 USD ≈ 600 FCFA.