Brief
Top Hidden Costs of Downtime in Public Sector
The consequences of an outage in the public sector extend far beyond the immediate outage. When systems go down, essential services are disrupted. Benefits may be delayed. Emergency response systems can slow. And long after systems are restored, agencies must work to rebuild public trust, address compliance concerns, and manage increased scrutiny from oversight bodies.
Based on a survey of technology leaders in the public sector, our research reveals:
- Public sector organizations lose an average of $288 million a year to unplanned outages.
- 70% of downtime-related security incidents in the public sector comes from human error.
- 78% of public sector technology leaders agree or strongly agree that downtime is a higher organizational priority than it was 12 months ago.
Download The Hidden Costs of Downtime in Public Sector to help minimize loss, ensure operational stability, and protect your bottom line.
