Overview
The Mitigation Success Trends graph shows how your organization's exposure compares to its Cost of Breach (CoB) over time. This article explains how to read the graph, what the gap between lines means, and how changes in CoB versions affect the display.
Use this view to monitor progress and demonstrate the value of your mitigation strategy.
Understanding the Graph
The graph includes two main data lines:
Cost of Breach — the estimated financial damage if your business assets are compromised.
Exposure — the actual cyber risk, calculated as Likelihood × Cost of Breach.
Both values are tracked over time to help you see how mitigation affects your real-world exposure:
How to Read It
A widening gap between the two lines means you’re reducing risk — exposure is going down while CoB stays constant.
A narrow gap means risk is still high relative to your potential loss.
The shaded area highlights the difference between exposure and CoB — it’s your progress in action.
You can hover over any point on the graph to see exact values and changes over time:
Tip: Use the graph to show leadership how mitigation directly affects business risk.
Partial Data Indicators
Dashed lines on either side of the graph represent months with incomplete data (typically the current month or the first recorded month):
Data in this graph refreshes automatically every 60 minutes.
Switching Between Cost of Breach Versions
The graph adjusts depending on whether you’re using CoB v1 or CoB v2:
If you're on CoB v2, Hyver will recalculate historical CoB using the newer algorithm for up to 12 months back, or from the time CoB v2 was introduced — whichever is more recent.
If you're on CoB v1, the graph shows historical data from up to 12 months ago, or from when Hyver first had enough data to calculate CoB.
Switching versions updates the graph immediately, but historical recalculation depends on how much data is available.
Important notes
CoB and exposure are only accurate if your asset definitions, risk models, and findings are kept up to date.
Historical data is not recalculated beyond 12 months, even after a version switch.
Wrap-up / Next Steps
This trend view is your window into how well your mitigation strategy is working. It’s not just about what’s fixed — it’s about how much risk you’ve actually reduced.
Check the graph regularly to spot progress or plateaus, and adjust your plans accordingly.
See also:
[Switching to Cost of Breach v2]