Cybersecurity Cost Calculator

Use your estimate as a benchmark when building your IT and cybersecurity budget. Compare it against what you currently spend to see if your protections align with your potential risk. It can also help justify security investments to leadership, your board, or other stakeholders.

Note: The Calculator simulates expected losses in an average ransomware scenario, not a catastrophic breach.

Your projected ransomware cost factors in a range of direct and indirect expenses, such as:

• Downtime and lost productivity (average ransomware downtime = 3 weeks)

• Revenue loss from business interruption

• Digital forensics and incident response costs

• Data restoration and recovery

• Legal and compliance costs

• Privacy penalties related to data exfiltration

• Customer churn and reputation damage

This estimate is based on industry research and real-world breach data. It combines:

• The average cost of incident response and recovery

• Lost revenue from weeks of downtime (3 weeks is the industry average for ransomware recovery)

• Sector-specific data points, regulatory fines, and known cost trends across industries such as healthcare, finance, construction, and logistics

The best protection is a layered defense strategy that combines:

• Robust data backups – so you can recover without paying a ransom

• Strong access controls – including multi-factor authentication

• Employee training – reducing human error, the cause of most breaches

• Continuous monitoring & threat detection – so you catch problems early

• A proactive cybersecurity posture – assessing risks before attackers exploit them

For small-to-midsized businesses, the most effective approach is to partner with a managed cybersecurity and compliance provider like CompassMSP. We tailor protections to your industry, provide 24/7 monitoring, and build a compliance-ready roadmap to reduce your risk.