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Ransomware Impact Calculator

Estimate the total financial impact of a ransomware attack including downtime, recovery, legal costs, and reputation damage.

Inputs

$/hr
hours
$
$

Results

Total Impact

$1,224,144.00

≈ 3 average U.S. homes

Productivity Loss$360,000.00
Revenue Loss$41,096.00
IT Recovery Cost$150,000.00
Legal/Notification$15,000.00
Reputation Impact$250,000.00
Net Cost (After Insurance)$1,224,144.00
Ransom vs Recovery Savings59%
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the number of affected employees and average fully-loaded hourly cost.
  2. Set estimated downtime in hours and annual revenue for revenue loss calculation.
  3. Input backup status (0 = none, 1 = partial, 2 = full tested backups) and ransom demand.
  4. Indicate whether cyber insurance is in place.
  5. Review total impact including productivity loss, revenue loss, IT recovery, legal costs, and reputation impact.

How the result changes with Estimated Downtime

Estimated DowntimeTotal Impact
217$2,435,788.00
757$6,948,116.00
1,404$12,354,555.00
1,944$16,866,884.00

What each input means

Employee Count
Total employees affected by the attack.
Avg Hourly Labor Cost
Average fully-loaded hourly cost per employee.
Estimated Downtime
Expected hours of business disruption.
Annual Revenue
Organization's annual revenue.
Backup Status
Select the backup status
Ransom Demand
Ransom amount demanded.
Cyber Insurance
Select the cyber insurance

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Employee Count = 100, Avg Hourly Labor Cost = 50, Estimated Downtime = 72, Annual Revenue = 5000000 = 7 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total Impact
    Total Impact = totalWithoutRansom * recoveryMultiplier
    1224144 = $1,224,144
  3. Calculate Productivity Loss
    Productivity Loss = employeeCount * avgHourlyCost * downtimeHours
    360000 = $360,000
  4. Calculate Revenue Loss
    Revenue Loss = annualRevenue * (downtimeHours / 8760)
    41096 = $41,096

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