Ponemon Institute, an organization that conducts independent research on privacy, data protection and information security policy, released a report entitled “2014 Global Report on the Cost of Cyber Crime” sponsored by HP Enterprise Security. The data put forth in the report is based on 257 representative sample organizations operating in various industries and sectors of seven countries, namely, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, and for the first time, the Russian Federation.