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Incident Response Cost Calculator

Estimate total cybersecurity incident response costs including forensics, legal, notification, and recovery based on IBM breach report data.

Inputs

hours

Results

Total Incident Cost

$2,056,150.00

≈ 5 average U.S. homes

Data Breach Cost$1,950,000.00
Forensics & Investigation$75,000.00
Legal & Regulatory$100,000.00
Notification Cost$20,000.00
Credit Monitoring$200,000.00
Cost Per Record$195.00
Recovery Timeline21days
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the incident type (data breach, ransomware, DDoS, insider threat).
  2. Set the number of records compromised and average cost per record.
  3. Input internal IR team hours and external forensics or counsel costs.
  4. Review total incident cost including notification, regulatory, and remediation expenses.
  5. Use the estimate to justify incident response retainer contracts and cyber insurance coverage.

How the result changes with Records Compromised

Records CompromisedTotal Incident Cost
10,000,000$1,844,711,650.00
35,000,000$6,455,961,650.00
65,000,000$11,989,461,650.00
90,000,000$16,600,711,650.00

What each input means

Incident Severity
Select the incident severity
Records Compromised
Number of records/individuals affected.
Has IR Plan
Select the has ir plan
Has IR Team
Select the has ir team
Regulated Industry
Select the regulated industry
Time to Contain
Hours from detection to containment.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Incident Severity = 2, Records Compromised = 10000, Has IR Plan = 1, Has IR Team = 0 = 6 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total Incident Cost
    Total Incident Cost = subtotal * planDiscount * teamDiscount
    2056150 = $2,056,150
  3. Calculate Data Breach Cost
    Data Breach Cost = recordsCompromised * costPerRecord
    1950000 = $1,950,000
  4. Calculate Forensics & Investigation
    75000 = $75,000

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