of confirmed breaches in Verizon’s 2026 study involved ransomware somewhere in the attack chain.
Verizon 2026 DBIR ↗The risk
A cyber incident is an operating problem—not just an IT problem.
When business systems stop, dispatch, payments, payroll, customer communication, and technician productivity can stop with them.
Reported threat data
Cyber risk has a measurable business cost.
These figures describe reported cases in Verizon’s research dataset. They are not the odds or expected loss for your company.
confirmed construction-sector data breaches appeared in Verizon’s 2026 dataset; this is a study count, not an industry-wide incidence rate.
Verizon 2026 DBIR ↗was the median ransom paid among paying victims in Verizon’s 2026 dataset. Many victims did not pay; this is not a forecast for your business.
Verizon 2026 DBIR ↗Source: Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report executive summary, pp. 10 and 17.
One Day Cost of a Cyber Compromise
About $8,100
Daily revenue at risk — a real plumbing-business example.
A plumbing company earning $2.1 million a year averages about $8,100 per working day, assuming 260 working days. A full-day outage can disrupt dispatch, jobs and invoicing; recovery expenses can add to the impact.
Use our one day disruption calculator to find your cost of a compromise
Source: ServiceTitan, Young Plumbing case study, April 7, 2026: eight trucks and $2.1M in reported 2025 revenue. Rovyren calculation: $2,100,000 ÷ 260 assumed working days = $8,077, rounded. One business example, not an industry average. Revenue at risk is not guaranteed loss or total attack cost; rescheduled work may reduce the loss.Trade businesses are connected businesses.
Mobile workforces, shared inboxes, payment systems, remote access, and cloud-based dispatch create real efficiency—and more places for security gaps to develop.
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